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robjschroeder / App-Auto-Patch

Auto patch management script via Dialog
https://techitout.xyz/app-auto-patch/
MIT License
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Feature Request: Having a label array where you define which apps should be updated exclusively #32

Closed yanhoos closed 8 months ago

yanhoos commented 8 months ago

I have evaluated App Auto-Patch in our Jamf environment and noticed that all apps found on the Mac are updated and installed. For example, if there are apps in the Downloads folder or in a folder other than /Applications and /Applications/Utilities with pending updates, they are also updated or installed by Installomator in the Applications folder.

The required label can only be used to define which apps must be installed; if they are not found, they will still be installed.

I'm thinking of something similar with the feature request, e.g. a label array where you define which apps should be updated exclusively. In other words, the opposite of the ignored label.

Apart from the point mentioned, it is a very helpful tool for keeping the Mac fleet up to date in terms of the installed applications without creating and handling a lot of Jamf update policies. Many thanks!

grahamr commented 8 months ago

Also, just to clarify, the difference here from Required is that if the app is NOT installed it won't be installed right?

EG: Force update Chrome, Edge, Firefox, VS Code - and if a user doesn't have Firefox they wouldn't get it?

PringelsxDz commented 8 months ago

+1

This will be a great functionality that we can use. Just required labels for applications that are installed, so that we can force this to run end of each month.

yanhoos commented 8 months ago

@grahamr Yes, among other things. My idea is that it would be a cool feature if you could tell App-Auto-Patch, via script parameter in the Jamf Policy, to update only certain apps, without required, without discovery of other apps that are on the Mac. Simply an array of apps, if it finds them on the Mac and an Installomator label is available, the apps should be updated, if these apps are not found on the Mac, then nothing should happen.

robjschroeder commented 8 months ago

This should be covered with the last merge #35