Respect is like a boomerang that comes back to you, and this release is all about respect! 馃
We've added some super cool new features to help minimize disturbances caused by update dialogs. You can now enable the Respect Meetings feature to suppress update dialogs if users are likely in a video meeting. Additionally, you can enable the Respect DND feature to suppress update dialogs for users that have Do Not Disturb/Focus Mode enabled.
We've made a few small changes in the Alectrona Patch installer package for organizations that are using the RemovePatchSymlink key for the Patch Agent.
We strive to make Alectrona Patch the most flexible and easy to configure patch management solution for macOS, so we've got something awesome for you! Starting today, you can take the guesswork out of determining the apps you configure Alectrona Patch to manage - with Update All.
With the Update All feature of Alectrona Patch, you can now configure the automatic update of every third-party app installed on your Macs that exist in the Patch Catalog (there are over 370). 馃く Alectrona Patch can determine every out-of-date app on a Mac in seconds, and start updating them immediately to get your Macs in compliance quicker than ever before. Of course, if you also need your command line tools updated, we've got you covered there too. 馃槈
How invaluable would it be to have a way to determine all the installed apps on a Mac that Alectrona Patch can update?! Or better yet, how incredibly awesome it would be to know every app on a Mac that actually had an update available in the Patch Catalog! We bet your SecOps team would love to get their hands on that data...
We've overhauled every aspect of Alectrona Patch's logging 馃 including Terminal output, readability, added file log truncation, AND implemented logging to Apple's Unified Logging System! Learn more here!
A few small updates to make Alectrona Patch even better!
This release simply moves the patch command line tool to a new path and leaves a symlink at its original path. This will not impact the functionality of Alectrona Patch in your environment.
Having the control to ensure that third-party app updates on your Mac fleet occur in a timely manner, while still offering a great end-user experience, is what we strive for.
Alectrona Patch 1.2.0 brings you the ability to specify the number of allowed deferrals available to your end-users when important updates are necessary; yet another sought after feature that we are excited to deliver to you!
Check out the video demo below to see how it works and look over our Patch Docs to learn how you can enable this feature today.
We continue to bring innovative features to Alectrona Patch that allow you to both fine tune your patch management program as well as rapidly bring your Macs into compliance!
You can now customize the interval at which the Patch Agent will run installs or updates. By default, the Patch Agent runs every 4 hours. Now, you can set this interval time as low as 10 minutes to ensure applications are updated as quickly as possible. Alternatively, if you want to extend the interval time, you can do that as well. You are in control!