the kid Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 We have a bunch of Ipads in various flavours, each has it's own apple id, and itunes account, but we oftern will get ipads going out and coming back with additional stuff, photos, or apps etc. Does anyone know of a "guest" user account, or reset system that will restore the ipad to a "standard" setup with say , VLC + Spotify and it will just work, OTHER than doing a total factory reset each time we need to deal with an ipad. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Do you have a mac computer at all? You could try apple configurator 2. I am _pretty sure_ you can build a baseline configuration - you may still need to fill in its apple id and password every time you restore it, can't remember, but you can build a base image with the apps you want and then restore through configurator. From memory you can pretty much configure the device, including most of the setup questions you get after a factory restore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 My College Uses Meraki Dashboard by Cisco, allows remote configuration and management including return to base state and remote control. I manage 10 iPads for student use and can do all of the above (although I have to get IT to install programs so they have a paper trail). My return routine is: wipe the safari history (in the settings) delete all pictures (in the app) Select the tag to wipe all software then re-install the base set and that's it. Don't know any more than that about Meraki but it does the job Forgot to add it's a web client so works on Mac or PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Do you have a mac computer at all? You could try apple configurator 2. I am _pretty sure_ you can build a baseline configuration - you may still need to fill in its apple id and password every time you restore it, can't remember, but you can build a base image with the apps you want and then restore through configurator. From memory you can pretty much configure the device, including most of the setup questions you get after a factory restore. We are all over apple configurator 2 now !! All we need to find is a block unit that will allow us to run them all through at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn Edwards Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Does anybody know of anything similar for Macs running OSX? We have a selection of Mac Minis with Qlab etc on that we'd like to restore to a consistent, "clean" default state with various bits of software etc loaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 Oh an the top up is also if we can somehow add VLC, Spotify. Infact there are quite a few apps that exist but we cannot add :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 For the iPads can you not simply restore the same image to multiple devices from iTunes - If you backup and include apps etc it should restore quite neatly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Does anybody know of anything similar for Macs running OSX? We have a selection of Mac Minis with Qlab etc on that we'd like to restore to a consistent, "clean" default state with various bits of software etc loaded.There's probably better ways, but depending how clumsy the system you're using now is, we just create a local user for each show, then delete it afterwards and create a user for the next one. It's surprising how much junk is isolated to the single user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrJAH Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Does anybody know of anything similar for Macs running OSX? We have a selection of Mac Minis with Qlab etc on that we'd like to restore to a consistent, "clean" default state with various bits of software etc loaded. Depending on how far you want to go with this you could utilise a Netboot server at base to image the macs on every return - quite a bit of administrative overhead, but I'm sure you could script automate a lot of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelgrian Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Does anybody know of anything similar for Macs running OSX? We have a selection of Mac Minis with Qlab etc on that we'd like to restore to a consistent, "clean" default state with various bits of software etc loaded. Depending on how far you want to go with this you could utilise a Netboot server at base to image the macs on every return - quite a bit of administrative overhead, but I'm sure you could script automate a lot of it! If you actually want to completely clean the machine then taking an image of a newly configured machine using http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html and then restoring it on each return would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Ok - We have done all we can with profile manager / configurator 2. Not got anywhere, Well got somewhere but not QUITE as we have some minor issues. Is anyone able to offer some assistance - Drop me a PM Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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