7.2. Managed Preferences in Action
Here's where you get to the core of Managed Preferences: applying it to workstations. Over the next few pages, we will detail the more notable capabilities in the Managed Preferences system and the steps required for their implementation.
7.2.1. Preference Manifests and Custom Preferences
As mentioned in the "Managed Preferences" section earlier in this chapter, managed preferences are applied via the preference pane of workgroup manager. Through this tool, Apple provides a nice, clean, and simple graphical interface for managing the most common applications. However, this is not a definitive list of what can and cannot be managed through MCX. After all, third party programs can be constructed in such a way ...
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