Apple has updated Configurator, the app in the Mac App Store that allows you to configure several iDevices simultaneously, to version 1.1 introducing several new features
The news provided by the official changelog are:
This update improves overall performance and stability, and includes:
• Improved reliability and ease of use when installing paid apps with Volume Purchase Program (VPP) redemption codes
• A new preference to disable automatic removal of user-installed apps or profiles when a configuration is re-applied to a controlled device
• A new preference to prevent a configuration from being re-applied every time a controlled device is connected to Apple Configurator
• The profile editor now reports the inability to install a profile on a controlled device because a value is missing in a required field
These are the features of the program:
Apple Configurator makes it easy for anyone to simultaneously set up and deploy iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch across a school, business, or institution.
Three simple workflows let you prepare new iOS devices for immediate deployment, control devices that need to maintain a standard configuration, and assign devices to users. Quickly update your devices simultaneously to the latest iOS version, configure settings and install apps and data for your students, employees or customers.
Apple Configurator can be used by large organizations and enterprises to set up new devices, install corporate apps, and enroll each device with a Mobile Device Management solution for remote management by an IT administrator. It’s perfect for labs or student classrooms where devices need to be quickly restored and kept up to date with correct settings, policies, data, and approved apps. Apple Configurator can also be used to customize devices with data and documents for specific users.
Prepare the devices
• Configure multiple devices at the same time
• Update devices to the latest version of iOS
• Create and restore a backup of settings and app data from one device to other devices
• Import apps into Apple Configurator and sync them to new devices *
• Use the built-in editor to create and install iOS configuration profiles
• Register devices with the “Mobile Device Management” solution for remote management
Check the devices
• Organize controlled devices into custom groups
• Automatically applies common configurations to controlled devices
• Quickly reapply a configuration on a controlled device and delete previous user data
• Import apps into Apple Configurator and sync them to controlled devices *
• Define and apply common or sequential names to all devices
• Prevent supervised devices from syncing with other computers
Assign devices
• Add users and groups manually or automatically via Open Directory or Active Directory
• Give a device to a user and restore the user’s settings and data to that device
• Receive a device from a user and back up the data for future use, preferably on another device
• Apply custom lettering, wallpaper or user image to the device’s lock screen
• Import and export documents between your Mac and Apple Configurator
• Synchronize documents between assigned devices and Apple Configurator
