App store update nightly without admin password?

[RobertBasil]

Is there a way to automate Apple Store app updates in JAMF?

I know the softwareupdate command works for non App Store apps.

I've searched everywhere and the only thing I can find requires the user log in with an Apple ID on each computer which our students do not have access to.

I know we can push updates through JAMF but we have a lot of labs with different software and trying to keep track of all the different updates and then have to repackage them and push them is a pain.

[chad_fox]

You should take a look at MAS. I know there are a couple of threads on it floating around, pretty awesome tool.

[https://github.com/argon/mas](link URL)

[https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=20450](link URL)

[mconners]

@RobertBasil we here use VPP device enrollment for distributing applications from the Mac App Store. Outside of a few glitches, we are doing fairly well. For instance, we have Text Wrangler scoped from the VPP portal to all of our Macs. It has been working well. When I image a Mac, Text Wrangler will show up.

Now the biggest glitch I see is when moving from one major version to another. An example, we have xCode 7.3.x on some of our Macs. Even though our VPP portal shows xCode is updated to 8.0, it is not updating our Macs with 7.3. It isn't a matter of OX versions not being compatible. So, what I have done thus far is uninstall the existing version and wait for the new to show up. I have also forced the update that has worked in a few cases.

The bottom line is I don't have to package and worry about updates like I used to. When the "glitches" happen, I deal with them.

So far, so good.

[RobertBasil]

Thanks for the suggestions to the both of you. I'll will do more research into each option this week.