Apple Device Management: A Unified Theory of Managing Macs, iPads, iPhones, and AppleTVs

© Charles Edge and Rich Trouton 2020

C. Edge, R. TroutonApple Device Managementhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5388-5_1

1. The Evolution of Apple Device Management

Charles Edge¹  and Rich Trouton²

(1)

Minneapolis, MN, USA

(2)

Middletown, MD, USA

 

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, the Mac existed in a vacuum. Unmanaged and left behind in the grand scheme of the corporate enterprise, it was at best overlooked by Windows-centric IT departments and, at worst, marked for retirement and removal. In those times, it was common to see a Mac network running as a silo, often with a dedicated cable modem for Internet access and sometimes even with a dedicated mail server to support the creatives. And yes, it was pretty much exclusively creatives.

The ...