3/19/2014 - Updated Clients for Mac computers have been released. For more information see our announcement post http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2014/03/19/announcement-update-for-configurati... .
Mac OS X 10.9 is supported on System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager with the following known exception:
USB devices on Mac computers cannot be inventoried. If you inventory USB devices for Mac computers, whether a USB device is attached or not, the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Mac client running on Mac OS X 10.9 will fail to connect to the management point to get policies
Workaround: Uncheck the USB Device class found in the Hardware Inventory tab of Client Settings . By default this checkbox is unchecked.
In the Administration workspace, click Client Settings and select the client settings you have created for Mac computers (or create new Client Device Settings).
Right-click the client settings and then select Properties .
Navigate to the Hardware Inventory tab and click Set Classes .
Search for “ usb device ”. Once you notice the list under USB Device class is populated, make sure that the USB Device Asset Intelligence (Win32_USBDevice) class is unchecked as shown below .
To support Mac OS X 10.9, ensure that all Mac OS X versions are selected for application and settings deployments. The steps to select all Mac OS X versions for application and settings deployments are listed below:
In the Software Library workspace, click Applications . Select your application, then click the Deployment Types tab located on the bottom of the console.
Select the file (typically with a .dmg extension) you want to target, right-click it, and then click Properties.
On the Requirements tab, click Add .
Click Select all as shown in the screenshot below.
In the Assets and Compliance workspace, expand Compliance Settings . Right-click Configuration Items , and then click Create Configuration Item.
On the General page of the Create Configuration Item Wizard , specify Mac OS X as the type of configuration item from the drop–down list. Give the configuration item a name and then click Next .
On the Supported Platforms page, check the Select all checkbox to ensure all Mac OS X checkboxes are checked, then click Next . Continue stepping through the wizard as you normally would.
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