What's new in Apple Configurator 2.17
Nov 13, 2023
- Support for new devices
- Shortcut actions: Find/Filter, Erase, Restore, Update, Prepare, Rename, Install Profile, Provide Supervision Identity
- Run Shortcuts when devices are attached and detached
- Skip new Setup Assistant panes added in iOS 17
- Allow removing eSIMs when erasing device
- Bug fixes and improvements
New in Apple Configurator 2.16 (Dec 5, 2022)
- Support for new devices
- Bug fixes and improvements
New in Apple Configurator 2.15.1 (Mar 22, 2022)
- Support for new devices
- Bug fixes and improvements
New in Apple Configurator 2.15 (Nov 5, 2021)
- Allow skipping the App Store pane in Setup Assistant
- Bug fixes
New in Apple Configurator 2.14 (Apr 29, 2021)
- New restrictions for Unpaired External Boot to Recovery and Unlock with Apple Watch
New in Apple Configurator 2.13.3 (Dec 2, 2020)
- Support for macOS Big Sur
- Support for restoring macOS on Mac computers with Apple silicon
- Automatically install MobileDevice updates required to restore iOS
- Web Clip: configure Ignore Manifest Scope and Target Application Bundle Identifier
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
New in Apple Configurator 2.13.2 (Nov 18, 2020)
- Multiple locations for VPP assignments
- Restrictions: Allow app clips
- Notifications: Allow notification previews on lock screen
- Exchange ActiveSync: Override previous password
- WiFi: Disable association MAC randomization
- Dark mode
New in Apple Configurator 2.13.1 (Sep 18, 2020)
- Multiple locations for VPP assignments
- Restrictions: Allow app clips
- Notifications: Allow notification previews on lock screen
- Exchange ActiveSync: Override previous password
- WiFi: Disable association MAC randomization
- Dark mode
New in Apple Configurator 2.13 Beta (Jun 24, 2020)
- Multiple Locations for VPP assignments
- New Restrictions: Allow App Clips, Additional Media Content
- Notifications: Allow Notification previews on lock screen
- Exchange ActiveSync: Override Previous Password
- WiFi: Disable Association MAC randomization
- Dark Mode support
New in Apple Configurator 2.12.1 (Apr 2, 2020)
- Added support for restoring firmware on the 2019 Mac Pro.
- VPN: Configure Provider Designated Requirement for Custom SSL connection type
- VPN: Configure network options for Cisco, Juniper, Pulse, F5, SonicWall, Aruba, CheckPoint, and Custom SSL connection types
- Send all traffic through VPN
- Exclude local networks
New in Apple Configurator 2.11.1 (Oct 18, 2019)
New in Apple Configurator 2.11 (Oct 14, 2019)
New in Apple Configurator 2.10 (Sep 20, 2019)
- IOS:
- Wi-Fi: Configure WPA3 Personal security type
- VPN IKEv2: Configure Enable Fallback setting to support Wi-Fi Assist
- Exchange ActiveSync: Enable Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and Reminders individually for managed accounts
- Configure new supervised-only Restrictions: Allow Find My Device, Allow Find My Friends, Allow external drive access in Files app, Force Wi-Fi to on
- Skip Dark Mode and Welcome panes in Setup Assistant
- TvOS:
- Wi-Fi: Configure WPA3 Personal security type
New in Apple Configurator 2.10 Beta 6 (Aug 8, 2019)
- iOS:
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
New in Apple Configurator 2.10 Beta 5 (Aug 2, 2019)
- iOS:
- Support additional hardware
New in Apple Configurator 2.10 Beta 4 (Jul 29, 2019)
- iOS:
- Support for restriction to prevent mounting USB drives
- Device Enrollment:
- Support for skipping Preferred Language pane is Setup Assistant
- Support for skipping Dictation pane in Setup Assistan
New in Apple Configurator 2.10 Beta 3 (Jul 17, 2019)
- iOS:
- Support for Find My Friends and Find My Device restrictions in the iOS 13 Find My app
New in Apple Configurator 2.9 (Mar 26, 2019)
- Phone number, ICCID, and IMEI details of connected Dual SIM devices are now reported in the device detail pane and cfgutil
- Skip New Features Highlights in Setup Assistant using Automator action
- Configure new restrictions: Personal Hotspot modification (supervised only), disable server-side Siri logging
- Configure Certificate Transparency payload
New in Apple Configurator 2.9 Beta (Jan 25, 2019)
- Phone number, ICCID, and IMEI details of connected Dual SIM devices are now reported
- In the device detail pane and cfgutil
- Skip New Features Highlights in Setup Assistant using Automator action
- Configure new restrictions: Personal Hotspot modification (supervised only), disable
- Server-side Siri logging
- Configure Certificate Transparency payload
New in Apple Configurator 2.8.2 (Nov 9, 2018)
New in Apple Configurator 2.8.1 (Sep 25, 2018)
- iOS:
- New Restrictions payload settings:
- Allow proximity based password sharing requests (Supervised only)
- Allow password sharing (Supervised only)
- Allow password autofill (Supervised only)
- Force automatic date and time (Supervised only)
- Allow USB restricted mode (Supervised only)
- Allow managed Contacts accounts to write to unmanaged accounts
- Allow unmanaged Contacts accounts to read managed accounts
- Disable eSIM (Supervised only)
- New Mail and Exchange payload settings:
- Allow a user to enable or disable S/MIME signing
- Allow a user to modify the selection of the S/MIME signing certificate
- Allow a user to enable or disable S/MIME encryption
- Allow a user to modify the selection of the S/MIME encryption certificate
- New Exchange payload settings:
- Use OAuth for authentication
- New Notifications payload settings:
- Allow grouped notifications
- Specify whether an app is allowed to send critical alerts
- Show in CarPlay
- New Setup Assistant pane Device Enrollment skip options:
- iMessage & FaceTime, Screen Time and Keep Your Device Up to Date
- Add Cellular Plan:
- Allow software update installation for non-admin users
- tvOS:
- New Restrictions payload settings:
- Allow proximity based password sharing requests (supervised only)
New in Apple Configurator 2.7.1 (Jul 27, 2018)
- Preparing supervised devices for management by Configurator now automatically allows USB accessory connections while device is locked
- Configure new supervised-only restriction for iOS 11.4.1: Allow USB accessories while device is locked
New in Apple Configurator 2.7 (Mar 30, 2018)
- Skip Setup Assistant panes new in iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3
- Configure new profile payloads and restrictions for iOS 11.3 including require Face ID authentication before AutoFill, configuring Managed Software Updates, CellularServices Service Exception, and require teacher consent before leaving teacher-created class
- Configure new profile payloads and restrictions for tvOS 11.3 including restrict Remote connections from whitelisted iOS devices
New in Apple Configurator 2.6.1 (Dec 20, 2017)
- Various bug fixes and improvements including restoring the ability to install configuration profiles on 3rd generation Apple TV
New in Apple Configurator 2.6 (Dec 15, 2017)
- Various bug fixes and improvements including restoring the ability to install configuration profiles on 3rd generation Apple TV.
New in Apple Configurator 2.5 (Sep 20, 2017)
- Provisionally add devices to Device Enrollment Program (DEP)
- Skip Tap to Setup and Keyboard Chooser panes in iOS Setup Assistant
- Skip Sign in to TV Provider pane in tvOS Setup Assistant
- Optionally preserve data plan when erasing device
- New profile payloads and restrictions for iOS including Restrict VPN Creation, AirPrint Security, DNS Proxy, and Managed class behavior on supervised student devices for Classroom
- New tvOS payload for AirPlay Incoming Security
- Support for configuring tvOS devices running tvOS 11 on the local network subnet
New in Apple Configurator 2.4 (Mar 28, 2017)
- Unified Prepare for iOS and tvOS
- Install PDF, ePub, and iBooks Author books into iBooks
- Restart or Shut Down iOS devices
- New profile payloads and restrictions for tvOS including Conference Room Display, Single App Mode, Restrict Remote App Pairing, and Restrict Incoming AirPlay
- Skip Screen Saver and Tap to Setup panes in tvOS Setup Assistant
- Skip iCloud storage pane in iOS Setup Assistant
- Restrict joining Wi-Fi networks
- Restrict dictation
- More flexible S/MIME configuration options for Mail and Exchange accounts
- Touch Bar support on MacBook Pro
New in Apple Configurator 2.3 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Keep saved searches consistent across Configurator stations signed into the same iCloud account
- Erase unsupervised devices running iOS 9 or later
- Set the current time zone while Preparing devices
- Install the latest App Store app version while applying blueprints
- Continue a command if some apps or profiles fail to install
- Skip the iMessage & FaceTime Setup Assistant pane
- Choose default app for audio calls for Contacts, Exchange, and Google accounts
- Set Bluetooth modification restriction on supervised devices
- Set new IKEv2 authentication method option or specify IPSec disconnect on idle timeout for VPN
- Restrict fast lane QoS marking or disable captive network detection for Wi-Fi networks
New in Apple Configurator 2.2.1 (May 16, 2016)
- Support for skipping the True Tone Setup Assistant pane introduced in iOS 9.3
- Support for new configuration profile payloads and settings introduced in iOS 9.3.2
- Set Restrictions (supervised only): Diagnostic Submission Modification
New in Apple Configurator 2.2 (Mar 21, 2016)
- New features and improvements:
- Modify the Home Screen layout
- Display the physical station and port number and send progress information for each device connected to Bretford PowerSync+ carts and stations
- Support for new configuration profile payloads and settings introduced in iOS 9.3:
- Set and enforce Lock Screen message (supervised only)
- Configure Notification settings (supervised only)
- Configure OS X Server accounts
- Configure which domains are allowed to save and AutoFill passwords in Safari
- Allow Mail Drop for Exchange or Mail accounts
- Set Restrictions (supervised only): Apple Music, Radio, Notifications Modification
- Set Restrictions (supervised only): Specify which apps to show or hide on the Home Screen
- Set Restrictions: iCloud Photo Library, Screen View in Classroom
New in Apple Configurator 2.1 (Oct 27, 2015)
- Contains improvements and bug fixes including:
- Prepare assistant for Apple TV
- Profile editor support for Cellular payload
New in Apple Configurator 1.7.2 (Sep 21, 2015)
- Compatibility fixes for OS X 10.10.3
- Support for new configuration profile payloads and settings introduced in iOS 8.1.3, 8.2, and 8.3
- Restrictions: Force Apple Watch wrist detection
- Restrictions (supervised only): Allow modifying Touch ID fingerprints, Allow predictive keyboard, Allow auto correction, Allow spell check, Allow Define
- VPN: New IKEv2 cert and encryption keys and values
New in Apple Configurator 1.7.2 (Apr 9, 2015)
- Compatibility fixes for OS X 10.10.3
- Support for new configuration profile payloads and settings introduced in iOS 8.1.3, 8.2, and 8.3
- Restrictions: Force Apple Watch wrist detection
- Restrictions (supervised only): Allow modifying Touch ID fingerprints, Allow predictive keyboard, Allow auto correction, Allow spell check, Allow Define
- VPN: New IKEv2 cert and encryption keys and values
New in Apple Configurator 1.7.1 (Nov 14, 2014)
- Contains improvements and bug fixes including:
- Improvements to iTunes Store authentication, including a fix for failure to authenticate with certain Apple IDs
- Devices are erased before restoring a backup
- Support for new configuration profile payloads and settings introduced in iOS 8
- Content Filter: Plug-in filter type
- Domains
- Email & Exchange: Per-message S/MIME encryption switch
- Restrictions: Allow Handoff, Allow iCloud sync for managed apps, Allow backup of enterprise books, Allow notes and highlights sync for enterprise books
- Restrictions (supervised only): Allow Erase all Contents and Settings, Allow configuring restrictions, Allow Internet results in Spotlight
- VPN: Check Point Mobile VPN and IKEv2 connection types and Always-on VPN
New in Apple Configurator 1.7 (Oct 17, 2014)
- Improvements to iTunes Store authentication
- Devices are erased before restoring a backup
- Support for new configuration profile payloads and settings introduced in iOS 8
- Content Filter: Plug-in filter type
- Domains
- Email & Exchange: Per-message S/MIME encryption switch
- Restrictions: Allow Handoff, Allow iCloud sync for managed apps, Allow backup of enterprise books, Allow notes and highlights sync for enterprise books
- Restrictions (supervised only): Allow Erase all Contents and Settings, Allow configuring restrictions, Allow Internet results in Spotlight
- VPN: Check Point Mobile VPN and IKEv2 connection types and Always-on VPN
New in Apple Configurator 1.6 (Sep 18, 2014)
- Devices are erased before restoring a backup
- Support for new configuration profile payloads and settings introduced in iOS 8
- Content Filter: Plug-in filter type
- Domains
- Email & Exchange: Per-message S/MIME encryption switch
- Restrictions: Allow Handoff, Allow iCloud sync for managed apps, Allow backup of enterprise books, Allow notes and highlights sync for enterprise books
- Restrictions (supervised only): Allow Erase all Contents and Settings, Allow configuring restrictions, Allow Internet results in Spotlight
- VPN: IKEv2 connection type and Always-on VPN
New in Apple Configurator 1.5 (Mar 11, 2014)
- Enroll both unsupervised and supervised devices in MDM using enrollment URLs
- Integration with new Bretford PowerSync+ Carts and Stations to report progress and status and display physical port numbers
- Support for a new iOS setting to require a passcode for initial AirPlay connection
New in Apple Configurator 1.4.3 (Dec 19, 2013)
- Improved configuration and MDM enrollment of Apple TV
- Configure which Setup Assistant steps will display during device setup
- Enroll multiple unsupervised devices in MDM without tapping each device using a new Setup tab in Prepare
- Complete Setup Assistant and enroll Apple TV in MDM without using the remote
- Improved UI for installing a single profile on unsupervised devices
- Support for new iOS 7 features and restrictions, including:
- Allow modifying account settings
- Allow AirDrop
- Allow connecting supervised devices to any Mac
- Configure Web Content Filter
- Configure AirPlay mirroring destinations and passwords
- Configure AirPrint printers
- Configure Managed Open In
- Allow Control Center or Notification Center on lock screen
- Configure Limit Ad Tracking setting
- Install fonts
New in Apple Configurator 1.4.2 (Oct 31, 2013)
- Improved configuration and MDM enrollment of Apple TV
New in Apple Configurator 1.4.1 (Oct 23, 2013)
- Improvements and bug fixes including:
- Configure which Setup Assistant steps will display during device setup
- It also includes the following changes from Apple Configurator 1.4:
- Enroll multiple unsupervised devices in MDM without tapping each device using a new Setup tab in Prepare
- Complete Setup Assistant and enroll Apple TV in MDM without using the remote
- Improved UI for installing a single profile on unsupervised devices
- Support for new iOS 7 features and restrictions, including:
- Allow modifying account settings
- Allow AirDrop
- Allow connecting supervised devices to any Mac
- Configure Web Content Filter
- Configure AirPlay mirroring destinations and passwords
- Configure AirPrint printers
- Configure Managed Open In
- Allow Control Center or Notification Center on lock screen
- Configure Limit Ad Tracking setting
- Install fonts
New in Apple Configurator 1.3.1 (Jul 29, 2013)
- Improves stability on OS X Lion and allows a single configuration profile to be installed on all unsupervised devices in Prepare.
New in Apple Configurator 1.3 (Jun 19, 2013)
- Significantly improved reliability, scalability and performance
- A new status view that includes time estimates and error information with recovery suggestions
- Ability to cancel scheduled or in-progress operations
- Administrators can install apps on devices configured to not allow users to install apps
New in Apple Configurator 1.2.1 (Oct 31, 2012)
- Improves stability and the experience upgrading from version 1.1.2.
New in Apple Configurator 1.2 (Oct 10, 2012)
- Support for new iOS 6 features on supervised iOS devices
- Lock to App
- Global HTTP Proxy
- Support for new iOS 6 restrictions on supervised iOS devices
- Allow the removal of apps from the device
- Allow use of iMessage
- Allow access to iBookstore or the purchase of books classified as Erotica from iBookstore
- Allow filtering of profanity for Siri
- Allow use of Game Center
- Allow the installation of new configuration profiles
- Improved reliability when activating a new iPhone or iPad with Wi-Fi + Cellular
- The last settings used on the Prepare pane are retained when Apple Configurator is quit and relaunched
- Improved ability to update or restore devices that are currently in recovery mode
- Paid apps from the App Store can now be installed in the Prepare pane only when a device is being supervised
- Support for configuring advanced network options on Apple TV
- Bug fixes
New in Apple Configurator 1.1.2 (Aug 24, 2012)
- Recommended for users who experienced issues after updating to version 1.1.1.
New in Apple Configurator 1.1.1 (Aug 14, 2012)
- Fixes additional issues with importing Volume Purchase Program spreadsheets and installing paid store apps
New in Apple Configurator 1.1 (Jul 3, 2012)
- This update improves overall stability and performance and includes the following:
- Improved reliability and ease of use when installing paid apps with Volume Purchase Program redemption codes
- A new preference to disable the automatic removal of apps or profiles installed by the user when a configuration is reapplied to a supervised device
- A new preference to disable reapplying a configuration each time a supervised device is connected to Apple Configurator
- The profile editor now indicates when a profile cannot be installed on a supervised device due to a missing value in a required field
New in Apple Configurator 1.0.1 (Apr 18, 2012)
- Enterprise apps packaged as .ipa files are imported and installed correctly.
- Redemption codes for apps that contain a comma in their title can now be imported.
- A redemption code may be reused to install an app on another device if the original device is unsupervised and erased by Apple Configurator, or if the app's installation did not complete on the original device.
- The redemption code used to purchase an app in iTunes may also be used to install the app on one device with Apple Configurator.
- The number of redemption codes remaining for an app is now displayed correctly.
- Notes and bookmarks entered into iBooks and iTunes U are deleted when a backup is restored to a supervised device.
- The WPA2 password is saved when editing a Wi-Fi profile payload.
- The name of a stored backup is saved when edited.
- The storage capacity of an 8GB iPod touch is now displayed correctly.