Apple has updated Apple Configurator to 1.7.2 which adds support for iOS 8.3 and new restrictions.
Apple Configurator 1 Download
Apple Configurator comes as a solution for large businesses and organizations with a high number of devices that need to be configured at the same time. Thus, with the help of Apple Configurator you can install various business applications and enlist all devices with a Mobile Device Management solution for remote management. Apple Configurator 2: Unlike having devices automatically added to DEP, Apple Configurator 2 lets you add iOS and tvOS devices to Apple Business Manager, no matter where you bought them. This is done by leveraging Apple Configurator 2.
Apple Configurator 1.7
New in Configurator 1.7.2
This update requires OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 and iTunes 12 or later. It includes the following improvements:
- Improved stability in OS X Yosemite v10.10.3
- Support for the configuration profile options listed below
Restrictions
| Accept cookies from websites I visit, or current website only | iOS 8 and later | |
| Allow predictive keyboard | iOS 8.1.3 and later | Supervised only |
| Allow auto correction | iOS 8.1.3 and later | Supervised only |
| Allow spell check | iOS 8.1.3 and later | Supervised only |
| Allow definition lookup | iOS 8.1.3 and later | Supervised only |
| Force Apple Watch wrist detection | iOS 8.2 and later | |
| Allow modifying Touch ID fingerprints | iOS 8.3 and later | Supervised only |
VPN options
| IKEv2 Certificate Type: RSA, ECDSA256, ECDSA384 and ECDSA521 | iOS 8.3 and later |
| IKEv2 EncryptionAlgorithm: AES-128-GCM and AES-256-GCM | iOS 8.3 and later |
| IKEv2 Diffie Hellman Group numbers: 19, 20 and 21 | iOS 8.3 and later |
How to install
Apple Configurator 1.7.2 is a recommended update for all Apple Configurator users. This update is available from the Updates pane of the Mac App Store.
About Configurator
To create or install an iOS configuration profile, use Apple Configurator or a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution like Profile Manager (included with OS X Server)
Hot on the heels of iOS7, Apple have released Apple Configurator 1.4.
An important change is that the OS requirement has changed from 10.7 Lion to 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Configurator 1.4 supports the new iOS 7 restrictions and features including being able to specify AirPlay destinations and passwords, connecting supervised devices to any Mac, and configuring AirPrint printers.
These changes should take away the headaches many schools have around configuring Bonjour to allow Airplay and Airprint, and the inability to sync Supervised iPads to computers in classrooms. The gotcha is that the devices have to be unsupervised and supervised again.
Apple Configurator 1 Download
Other improvements include being able to enrol multiple unsupervised devices into an MDM without touching the iPad and completing the setup and enrolment of Apple TVs into an MDM.
Apple Configurator 10.13.6
All up, this update looks like a pretty useful set of tools.