[Casper] million dollar question, automate battery updates form Apple?

[Miles Leacy]

2009/3/3 Chad Brewer <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>

>  If it was that easy, wouldn't the update be installed via Apple SUS?
>


Maybe, and my initial gut reaction to the question was "it's a firmware
update therefore it can't be automated".  After reading the kb article and
seeing no mention of hardware interaction, I think it's worth a try.  It's
certainly possible it may not work.



Miles Leacy <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> on March 3, 2009 at 6:18 AM -0800
wrote:

> From that kb article, it sounds like the following *might* work...
>
>
> 1. Put the BatteryUpdate1.4.pkg into your JSS.
> 2. Via policy or remote, install the package.  As part of the same
> policy/remote action, force a reboot.
>
>
> I think this might work because the kb says, essentially, that you install
> the pkg, then on the next reboot, your battery gets updated.
>
>
> In general, you can't automate firmware updates because they require
> physically interacting with the hardware.  Based on my read of this kb
> article, there's no physical button to press, so this one is at least worth
> testing.
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> 2009/3/3 Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
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> How can I automate this so it requires no user interaction?
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> Anybody?
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> *http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3421* <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3421>
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