The App Catalog has four components on macOS:<ul><li><p class="has-[.button,input]:flex has-[.button,input]:flex-wrap has-[.button,input]:gap-2 has-[.button,input]:items-center page-width-wide:mx-0 w-full decoration-primary/6 max-w-3xl print:break-inside-avoid min-h-lh [h2]:pt-0 [h3]:pt-0 [h4]:pt-0 mx-0 text-start self-start justify-start" style="text-align: start">Catalog Agent, responsible for installing and updating apps: <code>/usr/local/bin/catalog</code>. This symlink points to <code>/Applications/Catalog.app/Contents/Resources/Catalog Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/Catalog Agent</code></li><li><p class="has-[.button,input]:flex has-[.button,input]:flex-wrap has-[.button,input]:gap-2 has-[.button,input]:items-center page-width-wide:mx-0 w-full decoration-primary/6 max-w-3xl print:break-inside-avoid min-h-lh [h2]:pt-0 [h3]:pt-0 [h4]:pt-0 mx-0 text-start self-start justify-start" style="text-align: start">Catalog App, allowing users to install or update applications. This app also includes an admin mode to allow administrators to get app information such as the Bundle Identifier, description and Code Requirement: <code>/Applications/Catalog.app</code></li><li><p class="has-[.button,input]:flex has-[.button,input]:flex-wrap has-[.button,input]:gap-2 has-[.button,input]:items-center page-width-wide:mx-0 w-full decoration-primary/6 max-w-3xl print:break-inside-avoid min-h-lh [h2]:pt-0 [h3]:pt-0 [h4]:pt-0 mx-0 text-start self-start justify-start" style="text-align: start">Catalog Notifications, responsible for sending persistent user notifications such as update reminders, upcoming enforcements and more. Catalog Notifications is embedded in Catalog.app: <code>/Applications/Catalog.app/Contents/Resources/Catalog Notifications.app</code></li><li><p class="has-[.button,input]:flex has-[.button,input]:flex-wrap has-[.button,input]:gap-2 has-[.button,input]:items-center page-width-wide:mx-0 w-full decoration-primary/6 max-w-3xl print:break-inside-avoid min-h-lh [h2]:pt-0 [h3]:pt-0 [h4]:pt-0 mx-0 text-start self-start justify-start" style="text-align: start">Privileged Helper Tool, used by the Catalog App to elevate privileges so end users don't need administrator privileges to install or update applications: <code>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/nl.root3.catalog.helper</code></li></ul>

🏗️ Components

Feedback

Roadmap

Changelog

📖 Overview

🌟 Introduction to App Catalog

🚀 Getting Started

📈 Customer Portal

🔒 Security & Privacy

✅ Requirements

🛠️ Configuration

Configuration Profile

This article describes all available preference keys for the App Catalog Agent, responsible for installing and updating apps.

Preference Keys - Catalog Agent

This article describes all available preference keys for the user facing Catalog App, allowing users to install or update applications. This app also includes an admin mode to allow administrators to get app information such as the Bundle Identifier, description and Code Requirement.

Preference Keys - Catalog App

Integrating with MDM

Configuration Profile Example

🛬 Deployment

Installing App Catalog

Granting User Notifications

Managed Login Item

Full Disk Access (PPPC)

🕹️ Catalog Agent

Catalog Agent CLI

Installing apps

Dock items

Mandatory Apps

Force reinstalling apps

Updating apps

User deferrals & interaction

Delaying app updates

Updating specific apps

Uninstalling apps

🖥️ Catalog App

Application modes

User Mode

Admin Mode

App icon

In-app branding


Language

🔌 Integration Guides

This article provides step-by-step instructions to implement the App Catalog using Microsoft Intune.

Microsoft Intune

This article provides step-by-step instructions to implement the App Catalog using Jamf Pro. It includes both configuring the Catalog Agent, the user facing Catalog App and how to install and update applications.

Jamf Pro

This article provides step-by-step instructions to implement the App Catalog using Iru (formerly Kandji).