You could use Ethernet or a Wi-Fi network specifically for the purpose. You should connect to a network prior to OS installation, as this is required in case the installer needs to fetch firmware updates for your hardware or verify the OS image. Under Resources add the folder containing packages you want to pre-deploy. Under macOS, add the most recent macOS installer, downloaded from the App Store, tick Erase and Install. Short how-to: In the MacDeployStick app, click the + sign to create a new workflow. It works well both with DEP and UAMDM enrollment, in combination with Jamf.
The time before new users can get productive when handed a new machine can be dramatically reduced using this process. Their usage and final placement can be scripted post-enrollment using Jamf policies and shell scripts. – Packages, installers, wallpapers and other files that need to be installed after user creation and login, can be pre-deployed to a folder used by IT, for example /usr/local/packages by building one or several packages containing these files with Packages. – Packages that work well when installed as part of an OS install, for example Microsoft Office, can simply be placed in the dock using a utility like dockutil after MDM enrollment. Using MacDeployStick in combination with Jamf: The latter has to be one of the most creative pieces of software ever launched on the Mac, and I sincerely hope Apple will make sure it keeps working with future OS updates. There are currently two ways of automating the process: installr and MacDeployStick.
Using the command manually in a production environment, is not realistic. Most packages will work well when installed in this manner, a few will not. Used in combination with an MDM solution, the option can speed up the time from when a user is handed a new machine until they can start working, even if it causes somewhat longer installation times for IT. Apple did, however, provide a way to preinstall packages as part of the OS install: using the startosinstall tool with the –installpackage option, a process covered in the latter part of Armin Briegel’s book macOS installation.
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