Hey everyone!
Does anyone know how to install a .app application on macOS devices through Hexnode? I tried uploading it, but it keeps saying “unsupported file type.” Am I doing something wrong here?
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Participant
1 week ago
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Oh yeah, I’ve hit that roadblock before! Hexnode doesn’t take .app files directly. It only supports .pkg, .mpkg, or .dmg formats for macOS deployment. You’ll have to convert your .app into a .pkg before pushing it out. Once you do that, the installation works perfectly.
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Hexnode Expert
1 week ago
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That’s absolutely correct!
Hexnode UEM supports the distribution of applications only in the .pkg, .mpkg, and .dmg formats. If you have an app in .app format, you can easily convert it to .pkg using Terminal.
I’ve attached a detailed help doc with step-by-step instructions to convert a .app file into a .pkg so you can easily deploy it via Hexnode.
Best Regards,
Isabel Lora
Hexnode UEM
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Participant
6 days ago
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Nice, that clears things up! Are there any other tools people use for packaging apps, or is Terminal the go-to option?
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Participant
6 days ago
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Terminal is definitely the quickest way if you just need a basic conversion. But yeah, there are other tools too; Packages, AutoPkg, and munkipkg are pretty popular.
Still, for something straightforward like deploying through Hexnode, the Terminal method does the job perfectly.
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