Apple has released iPhone Configuration 3.0 for Mac OS X–a tool designed for enterprises and other larger-scale organizations that deploy iPhones. The new release improves operation with iOS 4.0.
Iphone configuration utility mac free download - Apple iPhone Configuration Utility, Phone to Mac, 4Media iPod to Mac Transfer, and many more programs. The catch is that the Apple Configurator is only available on Macs, even though the iPCU is available on both Mac and Windows. If you only have Windows available, you can only use the iPCU. As a result, we'll only be discussing the functionality provided by iPCU below. Delving into the iPhone Configuration Utility.
Per Apple’s description, the Configuration Utility “lets you easily create, maintain, encrypt, and install configuration profiles, track and install provisioning profiles and authorized applications, and capture device information including console logs.”
Download links are as follows:
- iPhone Configuration Utility 3.0 for Mac OS X
- iPhone Configuration Utility 3.0 for Windows
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iPhone Configuration Utility (iPCU) is a tool for managing iPads, iPhones and iPod touches in corporate environments. There are versions for Mac OS X and Windows available, though Apple now points Mac users to their Apple Configurator. The iPhone Configuration Utility offers the following features:
- Creating, editing and installing configuration profiles
- Installing provisioning profiles
- Installing unpacked .app bundles (without IPA container)
- Viewing syslog of the connected device
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Configuration Profiles
- Main article: Configuration Profile
Configuration profile is a set of restrictions and/or settings that allow the device to work with corporate infrastructure and conform to the established IT policy. It can include email and Exchange accounts, Wi-Fi settings, digital certificates, passcode lock and password complexity requirements, etc.
For normal folks a feature of interest might be the ability to set custom APN (if their carrier bundle doesn't allow it to be changed in Settings) and configure proxy for cellular data. This may be necessary to get internet access on certain carriers without data plan.
Historically, configuration profiles were used by sites such as help.benm.at to enable tethering on carriers which did not support it officially.
Certificate Installation
On first launch iPCU creates a self-signed certificate in the Mac OS X keychain or Windows certificate store (run certmgr.msc and navigate to 'ipcu' to view it). This certificate is then silently installed onto any iDevice that is connected to iPCU, and cannot be removed.Configuration profiles that are subsequently installed are signed with this certificate, which allows iDevices to validate profile authenticity.
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