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Configuration profile to remove Shut Down option from Apple menu on Mac
Admins may often initiate time-consuming actions that require the device to remain turned on throughout the entirety of its execution. There may also be instances wherein the device has a faulty power-on button, so an unintended shutdown could turn the device off, preventing the user from turning it back on. In such scenarios, when a user shutting down their macOS device is not favored, admins can hide the shutdown option from the Apple menu by deploying a custom configuration profile from the Hexnode UEM portal.
The configuration profile provided below is adapted from a third-party open-source site.
Hide Shut Down option from Apple Menu
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>PayloadContent</key> <array> <dict> <key>PayloadContent</key> <dict> <key>com.apple.loginwindow</key> <dict> <key>Forced</key> <array> <dict> <key>mcx_preference_settings</key> <dict> <key>ShutDownDisabledWhileLoggedIn</key> <true/> </dict> </dict> </array> </dict> </dict> <key>PayloadEnabled</key> <true/> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>MCXToProfile.c9e435e9-b507-418f-9420-b1453e2678a8.alacarte.customsettings.48e05061-5822-412b-a3f9-96c8715d364e</string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences</string> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string>48e05061-5822-412b-a3f9-96c8715d364e</string> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> </dict> </array> <key>PayloadDescription</key> <string>Included custom settings: com.apple.loginwindow Git revision: 5aefeaf7eb</string> <key>PayloadDisplayName</key> <string>MCXToProfile: com.apple.loginwindow</string> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>ShutdownRemovedFromAppleMenu</string> <key>PayloadOrganization</key> <string></string> <key>PayloadRemovalDisallowed</key> <true/> <key>PayloadScope</key> <string>System</string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>Configuration</string> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string>c9e435e9-b507-418f-9420-b1453e2678a8</string> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> </dict> </plist> |
What happens at the device end?
Once the configuration profile is deployed, the Shut Down option will be removed from the Apple menu.
- To create and customize configuration profiles, you can use tools like Apple Configurator, Profile Manager or manually create them using text editors.
- Use non-encrypted .mobileconfig, .xml, or plist files to deploy profiles across macOS devices.
- Ensure that you do not associate conflicting configurations with the devices.
- Use wildcards to fetch key values from the portal.
- It is recommended to manually validate the configuration profile execution on a system before executing the action in bulk.
- Hexnode will not be responsible for any damage/loss to the system on the behavior of the configuration profile.
