Create and Install a Custom App on macOS

Guide outlining how to create a Custom App and install it for the first time.

Before you Start

Make sure you have the following configured before you start:

• Faronics Deploy Agent Installed on the Computers you wish to install the applications on.

How to Create and Install a Custom App on macOS

Install a Custom App on a Mac

1. Select the Control Grid tab on the top menu bar.

2. Navigate to the Applications tab.

3. Scroll down to the All Mac grid.

4. Click the Custom App button

5. Select Create Custom App - Mac.

Specify Custom App Details

Specify Custom App Details

5. Enter a Package Name, Macs Fan Control in this example.

6. Enter a Bundle Name; this will be the name of the application that gets installed in the Applications folder on your mac (Macs Fan Control.app in this example).

Install the application prior to creating the Custom App in Faronics Deploy so that you can locate the bundle name in the Applications folder (usually a .app filename).

Make sure you remove the application before proceeding as running the installer on a computer where the application already exists might uninstall the application and result in loss of user data or cause a failure during the installation stage.

7. Enter the URL to download the install package from (this needs to be a ZIP, DMG, or TAR file) http://faronics.org/proservices/macsfancontrol.zip in this example.

8. Set the Package Type (ZIP, DMG or TAR).

9. Set Restart to either Always or Not Set.

10. Set the install time out; the default is set to 10 (minutes). Specify an install timeout that will be sufficient for the complete application installation.

11.Click the Next Button.

Select Computer to Install

Select the Computer to Install the Custom App on

12. Select the name of the computer to install this Custom App on (iMac-01 in this example).

Ensure that it does not have the application already installed. Running the installer on such a computer might uninstall the application and result in loss of user data or cause a failure during the installation stage.

13. Click the NEXT button.

First time install

14. Click the INSTALL button to proceed with the install.

Install Macs Fan Control (Custom App) on iMac-01

15. Click the blue INSTALL button to confirm the install.

16. The Custom Application (Macs Fan Control in this example) will now download.

Custom App downloading

17. Once downloaded, the Custom App will automatically install.

Custom App Installing for the First Time

18. The Custom App has now been installed. Click DONE to finish.

First Time Install Complete

If this application is already installed on other computers, it may take up to 60 minutes to sync the status from the other computers to Faronics Deploy.

The Custom App is now ready to be installed on other computers via the Applications grid.