[5.1.0-beta2]
2025-03-17
Highlights (5.x)
- Suport for macOS 15 Sequoia.
- New scheduled installation workflows allow administrators or the end user to specify a date and time for the installation of macOS updates/upgrades, Jamf Pro Policies, or enforced system restarts.
- New schedule workflow active option allows administrators to set exactly when the
superworkflow is active, thus allowing for "maintenance windows". - MacAdmin's SOFA integration allows schedule and deadline options to align with macOS release dates (as opposed to when
superdiscovers a macOS release). - Completely rearchitected main
superlogic so all workflow options can be permanent (via configuration profile) or temporary until the requested workflow is completed. - Completely rearchitected software update/upgrade discovery to significantly improve reliability, performance, and improve support for native macOS software update restrictions deferral.
- Significantly improved behavior for alternate workflow targets (non-system updates, Jamf Pro Policies, and enforced system restarts) now support all deferral, schedule, deadline, and display options.
- Even more user interface customization options.
- Please visit the
superWiki for full details!
Compatibility Notes (5.x)
super5.x requires macOS 11 or newer.- Several
super4.x command line options and managed preferences are not compatible withsuper5.x - Most
super3.0 command line options and managed preferences are not compatible withsuper5.x - Previously saved
super3.0 and 4.x Apple silicon authentication credentials are automatically migrated the first timesuper5.x runs. - Refer to this spreadsheet (tab separated values) for migrating
supercommand line options. - Refer to this spreadsheet (tab separated values) for migrating
supermanaged preferences. - New Jamf Pro Extension Attribute scripts for features unique to
super5.x. - Several updated Jamf Pro Extension Attribute scripts now supports
superversions 3.0, 4.x, and 5.x. - Updated example MDM configuration profiles.
- Updated Jamf Pro External Application Custom Schema.
Known Issues (5.x)
- There are currently no available Rapid Security Response (RSR) updates for any version of macOS. As such, RSR update workflows have not been validated against this version of
super. - The Jamf Pro new Managed Software Updates feature remains unreliable if the workflow target is not the latest minor update or major upgrade. In the mean time, the legacy Jamf Pro software update API remains stable (although deprecated) and local authentication is always the most reliable.
Specific Changes (5.1.0-beta2)
- New
--versionoption returns thesuperversion number to standard out. Using this option does not require root permissions and does not start or interrupt thesuperworkflow. - New
--config-statusoption returns the status of a variety of items including the contents of thesuperfolder andsupersettings files. While this option does require root permissions, it does not start or interrupt thesuperworkflow. - New Jamf Pro Extension Attribute script to return the last few lines of the super-audit.log.
- New workflow behavior if the system has recently started (as defined by within
$RECENT_STARTUP_AUTO_DEFERRAL_SECONDS), then an automatic error deferral will restart the workflow for later. This is to prevent unintended forced restarts in cases where the workflow was started before the user had a chance to log in. - Updated spreadsheet (tab separated values) for migrating to
superv5.1.0 command line options. - Updated spreadsheet (tab separated values) for migrating to
superv5.1.0 managed preferences. - Updated Jamf Pro External Application Custom Schema for
superv5.1.0. (Huge thanks to @tonyyo11 for taking this on!) - As always, typo fixes and improvements to both regular and verbose log output.
super5.1.0-beta2 SHA-256: 0d4a1bfa40bd8234a9f7759fbdc69ccf4033814c9cae0a0245c7b869e4f3f20a