Apple Configurator for iPhone: which Macs will enroll?

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JamesAustin OP

Created Jun ’21

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Will Apple Configurator for iPhone be able to enroll an Intel Mac without a T2 Controller?

Session 10297 describes how to use the upcoming Apple Configurator for iPhone to enroll Macs in Apple Business Manager (or Apple School Manager) which weren't enrolled at purchase, but doesn't say which Macs will be able to do this.

Earlier in the session, Pradhap Natarajan describes the Restore and Revive functions, and says they require either a T2 Controller or Apple Silicon. But when he describes enrolling existing Macs, he says "can assign Mac computers running macOS Monterey."

So, can any Mac running Monterey be enrolled this way, even without a T2 Controller or Apple Silicon processor?

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ScottDHenderson OP

Jun ’21

I would love to see this option on older non-M1/T2 devices that our company purchased prior to having an Apple Business Manager account.

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JamesAustin OP

Jun ’21

So would I. Beginning with Catalina, our imaging & deployment process requires systems being in ABM. We're loaded with hardware that is fully capable of running Big Sur and even Monterey, but which is stuck on Mojave because not being in ABM means we can't image anything newer onto them.

Technically, you may have other options. Apple can't enroll hardware after the fact, and neither (until now) can you, but the vendor who sold to you can. Only one vendor has ever responded when I asked them about this, but I did find one willing to do this. The catch was that they can't add single machines, they can only add entire orders as a block, which they went ahead and did, which enrolled hardware we no longer owned, which we then had to go in and manually unenroll. But if you know where all your hardware is by serial number and are prepared to deal with that, you might want to talk to your sales rep.

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