US 11,785,469 B1
Secure MDM system for macOS, secure MDM platform, secure macOS mobile device and related method
Bob Gendler, Medfield, MA (US)
Assigned to Gendler Software LLC, New Paltz, NY (US)
Filed by Bob Gendler, Medfield, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,224.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/441,242, filed on Jan. 26, 2023.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04W 12/37 (2021.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04W 12/69 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/37 (2021.01) [G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04W 12/69 (2021.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An MDM management system to manage files outside the scope of MDM for macOS, the management system comprising:
an MDM platform for managing a plurality of mobile devices each with a macOS operating system, the MDM platform allowing for creation of configuration profiles for an array of files outside of the scope of MDM for macOS, the configuration profiles having defined content settings; and
a plurality of managed mobile devices having an agent to receive the configuration profiles for the array of files to be managed from the MDM platform, the agent detecting a change in the array of files outside the scope of MDM for macOS and when the change occurs the agent checking a content change against the defined content settings, and if the change deviates from one of the defined content settings, returning the file to the defined content settings of the configuration profiles.