Imaging computers with Jamf Pro involves booting computers to a startup disk other than the target drive and then using the Jamf Imaging application to deploy a configuration.
Some common startup disks used for imaging are USB or FireWire drives, Restore partitions, and NetBoot images.
Disclaimer: Apple does not recommend or support monolithic system imaging as an installation method because of recent improvements in macOS security, hardware, management, and deployment. Apple encourages IT administrators to convert from device imaging to Apple’s Device Enrollment (formerly DEP) workflows. For more information on supported methods of installing macOS, see Apple's Help documentation: https://help.apple.com/deployment/macos/#/apd545ec8b69. For more information about enrolling and deploying computers using Apple's Device Enrollment and a PreStage enrollment configured in Jamf Pro, see Computer PreStage Enrollments.
There are four imaging methods:
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- Standard imaging—Standard imaging allows you to configure the imaging settings for a computer at imaging time.
- Autorun imaging—Autorun imaging allows you to store imaging settings in Jamf Pro, so they don’t have to be configured at imaging time. In addition, Autorun imaging can be completely automated to run on a schedule.
- PreStage imaging Format usb for gpt bootable macos. —PreStage imaging allows you to store imaging settings in Jamf Pro and use them to image new computers as you add them to the network. This reduces the amount of time and interaction it takes to prepare new computers for use.
- Target Mode Imaging (TMI)—Target Mode Imaging (TMI) allows you to image multiple computers subsequently by connecting them to a host computer using a FireWire, Thunderbolt, or USB-C cable. This can be ideal when using a network connection is not optimal or supported.
For more information, see the following sections in this guide:
- Configurations
Learn about configurations and find out how to create them. - Standard Imaging
Find out how to image computers using standard imaging. - Autorun Imaging
Find out how to image computers using Autorun imaging. - PreStage Imaging
Find out how to image computers using PreStage imaging. - Target Mode Imaging
Find out how to image computers using TMI. - Event Logs
Find out how to view event logs for Jamf Imaging events.
- Jun 10, 2019 It works well both with DEP and UAMDM enrollment, in combination with Jamf. Short how-to: In the MacDeployStick app, click the + sign to create a new workflow. Under macOS, add the most recent macOS installer, downloaded from the App Store, tick Erase and Install. Under Resources add the folder containing packages you want to pre-deploy.
- Jul 18, 2019 Deploying package files to computers is a powerful workflow in Jamf Now. The following tutorial walks the workflow for deploying an existing.pkg file. This is a fairly technical process, so reach out to our support team via the Chat button at the bottom of this page or by emailing [email protected] if you have any questions.
For related information, see the following Knowledge Base articles:
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Jan 10, 2017 Monolithic imaging. Monolithic imaging is the practice of building a Mac with the desired operating system, desired software, and desired configuration settings, then creating a disk image which includes all the contents of that Mac’s boot drive, including the operating system, installed software, and settings.