Mac update support roadmap

[niclas2874]

Hi
Do you have any roadmap for Mac support to update already installed applications?
Where is the problem laying getting the support?

Cheers
Niclas

[Hugo Marinho (Patch My PC)]

Hi Niclas,

We'd love to support "update-only" behavior on macOS, but the limitation comes from Microsoft Intune, not from Patch My PC.

On Windows, we rely on Intune's Win32 app model, which allows custom requirements and detection scripts to check whether an app is already installed before updating. macOS app deployments in Intune don't have those same capabilities, there are no requirement scripts available for macOS apps, so we can't distinguish between "install" and "update" in the same way.

That said, macOS app deployment through Patch My PC Cloud is already available, and customers can absolutely use it today. As a workaround, you could assign macOS apps as "Required" to your target groups, which will make sure the apps are always up-to-date. To be clear, though, this is not "Update-only" because it will also install the app if it is missing.

Once Microsoft expands Intune's macOS app model to include requirement scripts or similar functionality, we'll add full update-only support.

Hope this clarifies the topci for you