Is ther an Apple software update server solution for a Microsoft environment?

My organization has more than 3000 Apple devices. Im trying to centralize mac sotware updates without adding a mac box. We are a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment. Thanks for all the help.

No, but there is a Linux one:
http://signalboxes.net/mac2linux/reposado-apple-software-update-server/

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About the OS X Mavericks v10.9.5 Update i am trying to update this since yesterday but its saying there is an error in server "Can't connect to the Apple Software Update server.(-1003)" please advise with instructions how to update it...
why i am not allowed

Try running the combo update.
10.9.5 Combo Update

Local Apple Software Update Server for Windows

Has anyone figured out, how to use Leopard's Software Update Server, as a local Apple Software Update Server for Windows?
As you may know, 10.5 Software Update Server downloads, not only mac updates, but the windows' version of them as well (e.g. Safari, iTunes for windows).
There has to be a way to use that new feature.

{quote:title=Apple wrote:}
Software Update Server is capable of automatically mirroring updates between
Apple’s software update server and your local server to guarantee that the most
current updates are immediately available. Mac OS X Server also supports hosting
Apple updates for software running in Boot Camp, such as iTunes and QuickTime for
Windows. To ensure security, all updates are digitally signed by Apple.
{quote}
Comes from http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/L355781BSoftwrUdtTB.pdf
No idea, how to get it running smoothly yet, however.

Latest apple software update on Mac --cant view Microsoft exchange connected email on macbook pro. Loads but not viewable. Works fine on iPhone

Updated the lastest apple software to my macbook pro and now I can no longer read my emails from my microsoft exchange email. The email arrives in my inbox and you can open it -- but when you try and read the content -- it says loading..... but never loads. It worked fine this weekend -- but after I udpate the last apple software update it stopped working. I can read the emails fine on my iphone (same email account) but not on my macbook pro.
I called Apple and they could not figure out a solution to the problem -- is anyone else having this trouble?

Concisely:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/iphone
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipad
Try posting there.

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Hello,
The goal is to install and configure the Apple Server Software Update and be able to push updates to about 50 clients. The server network address is configured on the same subnet where the the clients resides, as well. So, a network connectivity issue should not be an issue. Clients are able to get other work manager policies. The only policy that does not seem to work is the software update.
Already, on the server side software update feature is installed, and this morning the software update feature reported to have finished syncing all different updates. Then, in work group manager, under preferences-software update policy, I have included the address of the server http://a.b.c.d:8088/index.sucatalog.
After waiting for a an hour, the clients did not get an update and the server logs started to complaint that http://a.b.c.d:8088/index.sucatalog. does not exist. Therefore, I started to read an Apple forum where one person said that was not the right address to use instead http://a.b.c.d:8088/catalogs.sucatalog. Again, I am waiting for another hour, and still does not work.
Taking a look at the folder where the http://a.b.c.d:8088/index.sucatalog needs to be located, there are other sucatalog files, but there is no index.sucatalog file. Does the server needs to be rebooted or what am I missing?

Mobile users will only be able to update their accounts when they're on the same network as the server, or if they use a VPN connection from a remote location.
The script file is identical to the commands above. I don't like sending scripts that have sudo commands in them. It's just bad manners! ;-)
If you open up text edit and switch to plain text mode then enter in the text as it is above, then save it with a clever name...
Don't forget that it has to end in .sh
for example, a name like autoUpdate.sh will work.
Then from terminal, you'll have to use the following command to run it.
sudo sh autoUpdate.sh
If you want it to be "double clickable" from the finder, then you have to take quite a few more steps. When you create a text document, by default it's permissions are set to non-executable. Also, the file extension of the document will have to be .command instead of .sh
Summary.... Save as autoUpdate.command
In terminal, naviate to the location where your autoUpdate.command file is.
type the following:
chmod 755 autoUpdate.command
If it tells you that you don't have permission (it should work) then you'lll have to type the following immediately after:
sudo !!
This just repeats the last command with sudo in front of it.
Hope it's not too cryptic.
-Graham

Apple Software Update Server windows environment

Hi,
I've got a Microsoft/Windows environment here at my work, with about 120 cliens on it. Nearly everyone have iTunes installed and 80 of these users have iPhones, rest of them probably have iPods...
My question is:
Is there are Apple server that will allow my Windows clients to "pick up" updates (iTunes & iOS) from that server instead of downloading them from Apple? I want to be able to install the server on my LAN and with this server i want to be able to administrate my clients iTunes version and iOS version on their iphones too, if possible.
I've been trying to search the internet for solutions, but haven't really been able to come up with something.
/Rayat

Is there are Apple server that will allow my Windows clients to "pick up" updates
No. You can use Microsoft's SCCM in conjunction with Quest Managment Extensions

Help setting cascading Apple Software Update Server 10.6.8

Hello, I tried following this kb from Apple http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3765
This is the modified URL I have in the metaIndexURL in swupd.plist at the secondary server
<key>metaIndexURL</key>
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    <key>otherCatalogs</key>
    <array>
but I keep getting an error in the SUS log once the secondary SUS points at the primary (master) internal one
<Error>: sync failed with NSInvalidArgumentException: *** -[NSURL initWithString:relativeToURL:]: nil string parameter
If I open the modified URL I have in the metaIndexURL within a browser I get a web page with this content
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>CatalogsList</key>
<array>
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        <string>http://myprimarySUS.com:8088/content/catalogs/others/index-leopard.merged-1.suca talog</string>
        <string>http://myprimarySUS.com:8088/content/catalogs/others/index-leopard-snowleopard.m erged-1.sucatalog</string>
        <string>http://myprimarySUS.com:8088/content/catalogs/others/index-lion-snowleopard-leop ard.merged-1.sucatalog</string>
    </array>
    <key>PrimaryCatalog</key>
    <string>http://myprimarySUS.com:8088/content/catalogs/index.sucatalog</string>
</dict>
</plist>
Please note that I modified the primary SUS in order to provide Lion updates too according to this kb http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4771 and this works perfectly.
Many thanks for your help!!!!
Ciao
Carlo

ahh i have just had a thought
When these two were purchased they came with 10.7 server (when i wanted 10.8)
However i was then informed that i could download and install 10.8 + server.app for free which i done so.
Do you think this could be why i get all updates upto 10.7.5 ?
And no 10.8 updates?
Thanks

Apple Software Update Server 10.8.2

Hello
I have setup the above and it works, however i can not see any 10.8 updates
i have 10.7.5 but nothing for 10.8
this is on a mac 10.8.2 with the configured server app 2.1.1
Any ideas as to why i can not list 10.8.1 or 10.8.2 update?
Thanks

ahh i have just had a thought
When these two were purchased they came with 10.7 server (when i wanted 10.8)
However i was then informed that i could download and install 10.8 + server.app for free which i done so.
Do you think this could be why i get all updates upto 10.7.5 ?
And no 10.8 updates?
Thanks

Cant update, keep getting "Can't connect to the Apple Software Update server." on Appstore

Hi,
From last 1 week I am getting this error.
I tried following:
1. Restart mac book several times - did not work
2. Tried connecting to different wifi networks - did not work
3. Deleted appstore and one more .plist files and restarted - did not work
4. Did Maverics restore using option R at startup - did not work
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Sumeet

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Answered in part in my last comment, and see also below.
Mac users often ask whether they should install "anti-virus" software. The answer usually given on ASC is "no." The answer is right, but it may give the wrong impression that there is no threat from what are loosely called "viruses." There is a threat, and you need to educate yourself about it.
1. This is a comment on what you should—and should not—do to protect yourself from malicious software ("malware") that circulates on the Internet and gets onto a computer as an unintended consequence of the user's actions. It does not apply to software, such as keystroke loggers, that may be installed deliberately by an intruder who has hands-on access to the computer, or who has been able to log in to it remotely. That threat is in a different category, and there's no easy way to defend against it.
The comment is long because the issue is complex. The key points are in sections 5, 6, and 10.
OS X now implements three layers of built-in protection specifically against malware, not counting runtime protections such as execute disable, sandboxing, system library randomization, and address space layout randomization that may also guard against other kinds of exploits.
2. All versions of OS X since 10.6.7 have been able to detect known Mac malware in downloaded files, and to block insecure web plugins. This feature is transparent to the user. Internally Apple calls it "XProtect."
The malware recognition database used by XProtect is automatically updated; however, you shouldn't rely on it, because the attackers are always at least a day ahead of the defenders.
The following caveats apply to XProtect:
☞ It can be bypassed by some third-party networking software, such as BitTorrent clients and Java applets.
☞ It only applies to software downloaded from the network. Software installed from a CD or other media is not checked.
As new versions of OS X are released, it's not clear whether Apple will indefinitely continue to maintain the XProtect database of older versions such as 10.6. The security of obsolete system versions may eventually be degraded. Security updates to the code of obsolete systems will stop being released at some point, and that may leave them open to other kinds of attack besides malware.
3. Starting with OS X 10.7.5, there has been a second layer of built-in malware protection, designated "Gatekeeper" by Apple. By default, applications and Installer packages downloaded from the network will only run if they're digitally signed by a developer with a certificate issued by Apple. Software certified in this way hasn't necessarily been tested by Apple, but you can be reasonably sure that it hasn't been modified by anyone other than the developer. His identity is known to Apple, so he could be held legally responsible if he distributed malware. That may not mean much if the developer lives in a country with a weak legal system (see below.)
Gatekeeper doesn't depend on a database of known malware. It has, however, the same limitations as XProtect, and in addition the following:
☞ It can easily be disabled or overridden by the user.
☞ A malware attacker could get control of a code-signing certificate under false pretenses, or could simply ignore the consequences of distributing codesigned malware.
☞ An App Store developer could find a way to bypass Apple's oversight, or the oversight could fail due to human error.
Apple has so far failed to revoke the codesigning certificates of some known abusers, thereby diluting the value of Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. These failures don't involve App Store products, however.
For the reasons given, App Store products, and—to a lesser extent—other applications recognized by Gatekeeper as signed, are safer than others, but they can't be considered absolutely safe. "Sandboxed" applications may prompt for access to private data, such as your contacts, or for access to the network. Think before granting that access. Sandbox security is based on user input. Never click through any request for authorization without thinking.
4. Starting with OS X 10.8.3, a third layer of protection has been added: a "Malware Removal Tool" (MRT). MRT runs automatically in the background when you update the OS. It checks for, and removes, malware that may have evaded the other protections via a Java exploit (see below.) MRT also runs when you install or update the Apple-supplied Java runtime (but not the Oracle runtime.) Like XProtect, MRT is effective against known threats, but not against unknown ones. It notifies you if it finds malware, but otherwise there's no user interface to MRT.
5. The built-in security features of OS X reduce the risk of malware attack, but they are not, and never will be, complete protection. Malware is foremost a problem of human behavior, and no technological fix alone is going to solve it. Trusting software to protect you will only make you more vulnerable.
The best defense is always going to be your own intelligence. With the possible exception of Java exploits, all known malware circulating on the Internet that affects a fully-updated installation of OS X 10.6 or later takes the form of so-called "Trojan horses," which can only have an effect if the victim is duped into running them. The threat therefore amounts to a battle of wits between you and Internet criminals. If you're better informed than they think you are, you'll win. That means, in practice, that you always stay within a safe harbor of computing practices. How do you know when you're leaving the safe harbor? Below are some warning signs of danger.
Software from an untrustworthy source
☞ Software of any kind is distributed via BitTorrent, or Usenet, or on a website that also distributes pirated music or movies.
☞ Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, doesn't come directly from the developer’s website. Do not trust an alert from any website to update Flash, or your browser, or any other software.
☞ Rogue websites such as Softonic, Soft32, and CNET Download distribute free applications that have been packaged in a superfluous "installer."
☞ The software is advertised by means of spam or intrusive web ads. Any ad, on any site, that includes a direct link to a download should be ignored.
Software that is plainly illegal or does something illegal
☞ High-priced commercial software such as Photoshop is "cracked" or "free."
☞ An application helps you to infringe copyright, for instance by circumventing the copy protection on commercial software, or saving streamed media for reuse without permission. All "YouTube downloaders" are in this category, though not all are necessarily malicious.
Conditional or unsolicited offers from strangers
☞ A telephone caller or a web page tells you that you have a “virus” and offers to help you remove it. (Some reputable websites did legitimately warn visitors who were infected with the "DNSChanger" malware. That exception to this rule no longer applies.)
☞ A web site offers free content such as video or music, but to use it you must install a “codec,” “plug-in,” "player," "downloader," "extractor," or “certificate” that comes from that same site, or an unknown one.
☞ You win a prize in a contest you never entered.
☞ Someone on a message board such as this one is eager to help you, but only if you download an application of his choosing.
☞ A "FREE WI-FI !!!" network advertises itself in a public place such as an airport, but is not provided by the management.
☞ Anything online that you would expect to pay for is "free."
Unexpected events
☞ A file is downloaded automatically when you visit a web page, with no other action on your part. Delete any such file without opening it.
☞ You open what you think is a document and get an alert that it's "an application downloaded from the Internet." Click Cancel and delete the file. Even if you don't get the alert, you should still delete any file that isn't what you expected it to be.
☞ An application does something you don't expect, such as asking for permission to access your contacts, your location, or the Internet for no obvious reason.
☞ Software is attached to email that you didn't request, even if it comes (or seems to come) from someone you trust.
I don't say that leaving the safe harbor just once will necessarily result in disaster, but making a habit of it will weaken your defenses against malware attack. Any of the above scenarios should, at the very least, make you uncomfortable.
6. Java on the Web (not to be confused with JavaScript, to which it's not related, despite the similarity of the names) is a weak point in the security of any system. Java is, among other things, a platform for running complex applications in a web page, on the client. That was always a bad idea, and Java's developers have proven themselves incapable of implementing it without also creating a portal for malware to enter. Past Java exploits are the closest thing there has ever been to a Windows-style virus affecting OS X. Merely loading a page with malicious Java content could be harmful.
Fortunately, client-side Java on the Web is obsolete and mostly extinct. Only a few outmoded sites still use it. Try to hasten the process of extinction by avoiding those sites, if you have a choice. Forget about playing games or other non-essential uses of Java.
Java is not included in OS X 10.7 and later. Discrete Java installers are distributed by Apple and by Oracle (the developer of Java.) Don't use either one unless you need it. Most people don't. If Java is installed, disable it—not JavaScript—in your browsers.
Regardless of version, experience has shown that Java on the Web can't be trusted. If you must use a Java applet for a task on a specific site, enable Java only for that site in Safari. Never enable Java for a public website that carries third-party advertising. Use it only on well-known, login-protected, secure websites without ads. In Safari 6 or later, you'll see a lock icon in the left side of the address bar when visiting a secure site.
Stay within the safe harbor, and you’ll be as safe from malware as you can practically be. The rest of this comment concerns what you should not do to protect yourself.
7. Never install any commercial "anti-virus" (AV) or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they are all worse than useless. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use one of the free security apps in the Mac App Store—nothing else.
Why shouldn't you use commercial AV products?
☞ To recognize malware, the software depends on a database of known threats, which is always at least a day out of date. This technique is a proven failure, as a major AV software vendor has admitted. Most attacks are "zero-day"—that is, previously unknown. Recognition-based AV does not defend against such attacks, and the enterprise IT industry is coming to the realization that traditional AV software is worthless.
☞ Its design is predicated on the nonexistent threat that malware may be injected at any time, anywhere in the file system. Malware is downloaded from the network; it doesn't materialize from nowhere. In order to meet that nonexistent threat, commercial AV software modifies or duplicates low-level functions of the operating system, which is a waste of resources and a common cause of instability, bugs, and poor performance.
☞ By modifying the operating system, the software may also create weaknesses that could be exploited by malware attackers.
☞ Most importantly, a false sense of security is dangerous.
8. An AV product from the App Store, such as "ClamXav," has the same drawback as the commercial suites of being always out of date, but it does not inject low-level code into the operating system. That doesn't mean it's entirely harmless. It may report email messages that have "phishing" links in the body, or Windows malware in attachments, as infected files, and offer to delete or move them. Doing so will corrupt the Mail database. The messages should be deleted from within the Mail application.
An AV app is not needed, and cannot be relied upon, for protection against OS X malware. It's useful, if at all, only for detecting Windows malware, and even for that use it's not really effective, because new Windows malware is emerging much faster than OS X malware.
Windows malware can't harm you directly (unless, of course, you use Windows.) Just don't pass it on to anyone else. A malicious attachment in email is usually easy to recognize by the name alone. An actual example:
London Terror Moovie.avi [124 spaces] Checked By Norton Antivirus.exe
You don't need software to tell you that's a Windows trojan. Software may be able to tell you which trojan it is, but who cares? In practice, there's no reason to use recognition software unless an organizational policy requires it. Windows malware is so widespread that you should assume it's in every email attachment until proven otherwise. Nevertheless, ClamXav or a similar product from the App Store may serve a purpose if it satisfies an ill-informed network administrator who says you must run some kind of AV application. It's free and it won't handicap the system.
The ClamXav developer won't try to "upsell" you to a paid version of the product. Other developers may do that. Don't be upsold. For one thing, you should not pay to protect Windows users from the consequences of their choice of computing platform. For another, a paid upgrade from a free app will probably have all the disadvantages mentioned in section 7.
9. It seems to be a common belief that the built-in Application Firewall acts as a barrier to infection, or prevents malware from functioning. It does neither. It blocks inbound connections to certain network services you're running, such as file sharing. It's disabled by default and you should leave it that way if you're behind a router on a private home or office network. Activate it only when you're on an untrusted network, for instance a public Wi-Fi hotspot, where you don't want to provide services. Disable any services you don't use in the Sharing preference pane. All are disabled by default.
10. As a Mac user, you don't have to live in fear that your computer may be infected every time you install software, read email, or visit a web page. But neither can you assume that you will always be safe from exploitation, no matter what you do. Navigating the Internet is like walking the streets of a big city. It's as safe or as dangerous as you choose to make it. The greatest harm done by security software is precisely its selling point: it makes people feel safe. They may then feel safe enough to take risks from which the software doesn't protect them. Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices.

Can't connect to apple software update server

Hi,
I have been having this issue since i clean install Maverick a few weeks back. It seems intermittent as there are certain rare times when i don't receive such errors. The error will occur when i click the 'Update' tab.
Here's a screenshot i took of the error when i click the 'update' tab. I tried telnet 17.164.1.22 433 and it was connected. *Baffled*
I'm located in Singapore, if that matters.
Can someone advise?

No its MBP Mid 2012
I fixed it by downloading another copy of Mavericks and update on the top of the current version.(NOT FORMAT OR REINSTALL)
Now it fine.
Thanks for your help

An error has occurred (Can't connect to the Apple Software Update server.)

I keep getting this error when I click the Update tab.

Hi ..
Several things to try ...
Disable anti virus software if installed
GlimmerBlocker, PeerGuardian, and Little Snitch, can prevent updates from downloading
Check your settings in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Firewall > Firewall Options
Make sure Gatekeeper is enabled
Open System Preferences > Security & Privacy then select the General tab.
Make sure either Mac App Store or Mac App Store and identified developers is selected. If that area is grayed out, click the padlock icon to proceed.
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Deprovision Clients to use Apple's default Software Update Server

I have our macs set-up to use our local SL Server's "Software Update Server" - now 2 macs are being removed the local environment, and taken home with the employee's. The only real change that I see needed, is to change the software update server from our own, to Apple's default. Any idea how to change back, or what Apple's is?
This is how I set them originally:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL http://ourlocalserver.com:8088/index-leopard-snowleopard.merged-1.sucatalog
I imagine its similar command to remove or change the URL.
edit--
nevermind, found it in the support docs
To point the unmanaged client computer back to the Apple Software Update server, use the following command:
defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL

I guess if 10.4.5 comes out your 10.4.3 machine will show the 10.4.5 combined updater. But you'll only be able to install every other system release that way.
I guess that didn't help much... Sorry. I'd really be interested in a correct solution to this as well.
Regards MacLemon

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I have a Mac OS X Server, with Apple Software Update server running.
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I would like the Windows version of Apple Software Update to point to my local ASU server. There isn't a preference for that, but there should be a registry entry, I would think.
Is this possible, if so how?
Thanks,
-Dan.

I can't accept this. According to Apple (http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/L355781BSoftwrUdtTB.pdf),
"Mac OS X Server also supports hosting Apple updates for software running in Boot Camp, such as iTunes and QuickTime for Windows."
I have already figured out that you can set a registry value that will make Apple Software Update for Windows talk to a different server to find updates, I just don't know how to get Software Update Server to cache the updates for Windows software.

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I cannot download iOS 8 via iTunes as it hangs on 'Contact the iPhone software update server...' for hours.
iPhone 5, iOS 7.1.2
Windows iTunes 11.4.0.18
Uverse internet.
Help ! Any ideas ?

Hi sharlenefrompearland,
If you are having issues contacting the Apple software update server in order to download iOS 8 to iTunes, you may find the following article helpful:
iTunes for Windows: iTunes can't contact the iPhone, iPad, or iPod software update server
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Hi,
I'm trying to set up an Apple Software Updates server inside my network (to save bandwidth) but I'm a PC geek, not a mac maniac so I'm a bit confused about how I need to apply the update server's location to the client computers. I think I need the use the workgroup manager but I really have only a very limited idea of how it works.
Can you please guide me through it? Or at least defer me to a how-to guide that relating to these matters.

If you have Apple Remote Desktop you can send a Unix command to change the software update URL. For me, I had to actually change it in two locations:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL http ://myserver.mycompany.net:8088/
defaults write /private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL http ://myserver.mycompany.net:8088/
(Note: I had to add a space after the "http" and the ":" to keep the Discussions from making a link.)
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