Setup Your Mac (1.16.0rc1)

29-Dec-2025

• Added proof-of-concept validations for swiftDialog 2.5.1's "blurscreen" control
• Removed vendor-specific Local Validations (in favor of Remote Validations)
• Updated Configuration policyJSON to better match internal usage
• Added "activate" command to Validations
• Updated the Microsoft Teams message template to the new format (Pull Request #156; thanks, @nlopezUA!)
• Simplify Client-side Logging (thanks, @DevliegereM!)
• Added proof-of-concept validations for swiftDialog 2.5.6's "hide or show" dialog window
• Updated Dynamic Download Estimates for macOS 26 (and beyond)
• Updated for swiftDialog 3.0.0
• Updated checkNetworkQualityCatchAllConfiguration for macOS 26 (thanks for the heads-up, @harald Brouwers!)
• Added new salutation banner greeting, based on time o’ day (Pull Request #171; thanks, @ScottEKendall!)
• Add configurable battery threshold to AC power pre-flight check (Pull Request #175; thanks, @owainri!)

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What's Changed

• Updated the MS Teams message template to the new format by @nlopezUA in #156
• Update Setup-Your-Mac-via-Dialog.bash by @DevliegereM in #164
• hide or show Proof-of-concept by @dan-snelson in #165
• New Salutation Banner by @ScottEKendall in #171
• Add configurable battery threshold to AC power pre-flight check by @owainri in #175
• Delay validation of M365 apps if MAU is running/patching by @master-vodawagner in #152

New Contributors

• @nlopezUA made their first contribution in #156
• @DevliegereM made their first contribution in #164
• @ScottEKendall made their first contribution in #171
• @owainri made their first contribution in #175
• @master-vodawagner made their first contribution in #152

Full Changelog: v1.15.0...v1.16.0rc1

Setup Your Mac (1.15.0)

Optimized to leverage SYM-Helper (1.2.0), Setup Your Mac (1.15.0) leverages new features of swiftDialog (2.5.0)

CHANGELOG

• Added logging functions Pull Request No. 137; thanks, @robjschroeder!
• Modified Microsoft Teams Message activitySubtitle
• Activated main "Setup Your Mac" dialog with each listitem
• Added swiftDialog 2.5.0's --verbose, --debug and --resizable flags to debugModes
• Failure Message: Increased sleep value from 0.3 to 0.7 (thanks, for the report, @arnoldtaw; thanks for the code suggestion, @jcmbowman)
• Miscellaneous formatting and clean-up
• Added Support Team fields (thanks, @HowardGMac!)
• Set swiftDialogMinimumRequiredVersion to 2.5.0.4768
• Improved exit code processing for 'Welcome' dialog
• Added pre-flight check for AC power (thanks for the suggestion, @arnoldtaw; thanks for the code, Obi-Josh!)
• Added Variables for Prefill Email and Computer Name (thanks, @AndrewMBarnett!)
• Improved Remote Validation error-checking
• Updated Dynamic Download Estimates for macOS 15 Sequoia

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Screenshots

swiftDialog 2.5.0's --verbose, --debug and --resizable flags to debugModes

Added pre-flight check for AC power

What's Changed

• 1.15.0 by @robjschroeder in #137
• Add Support Team fields to 1.15.0 by @HowardGMac in #148
• Setup Your Mac (1.14.3) by @dan-snelson in #150

New Contributors

• @HowardGMac made their first contribution in #148

Full Changelog: v1.14.3...v1.15.0

Setup Your Mac (1.14.3)

Bug Fix

• Improved exit code processing for Welcome dialog

What's Changed

• Merge 1.14.2 into main by @dan-snelson in #141

Full Changelog: v1.14.2...v1.14.3

Setup Your Mac (1.14.2)

Bug Fix

Addresses Issue 139 brandingBannerDisplayText=false not working:

• Thanks for the report, @seaneldridge7!
• Thanks for the fix, @drtaru! Pull Request No. 140

What's Changed

• Fix brandingBannerDisplayText=false not working by @drtaru in #140

Full Changelog: v1.14.1...v1.14.2

Setup Your Mac (1.14.1)

Bug Fix

• Addressed an issue where icons were not displaying (thanks, @bartreardon!)

What's Changed

• 1.14.0 by @dan-snelson in #135
• 1.14.1 by @dan-snelson in #138

Full Changelog: v1.14.0...v1.14.1

Setup Your Mac (1.14.0)

Optimized to leverage SYM-Helper (1.1.1), Setup Your Mac (1.14.0) leverages new features of swiftDialog (2.4.0)

Updates

• Updated Vimeo ID
• Corrected omission of [SYM-Helper] for moveableInProduction
• Updated "Microsoft Office 365" to "Microsoft 365"
• Added OS Build number to webhook output Pull Request No. 124; thanks, @drtaru!
• Changed filepath validation test from -f (i.e., "True if file exists and is a regular file") to -e (i.e., "True if file exists (regardless of type)."); thanks for the inspiration, @mrmte! Issue 19; thanks for the code suggestion, @bartreardon!
• Updates to README.md, CONTRIBUTORS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md Pull Request No. 128; thanks, @robjschroeder!
• Refactored the way brandingBanner variable is checked Pull Request No. 131; thanks, @drtaru!
• Increased minimum required version of swiftDialog to 2.4.0.4750
• Leveraged the new listitem: subtitle option with a dedicated subtitle field in policyJSON
• Corrected misspelling of "policies" in log entries Issue No. 134; thanks, @Honestpuck!
• Updated brandingBanner to image by benzoix on Freepik

What's Changed

• Update README.md CONTRIBUTORS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md by @robjschroeder in #128
• brandingBanner Refactor by @drtaru in #131
• Update SYM-Helper image by @dan-snelson in #133

Full Changelog: v1.13.0...v1.14.0

Setup Your Mac (1.13.0)

Optimized to leverage SYM-Helper, Setup Your Mac (1.13.0) offers MacAdmins under-the-hood, quality-of-life improvements.

• 🔥 Breaking Change for users of Setup Your Mac prior to 1.13.0 🔥
  • Removed setupYourMacPolicyArrayIconPrefixUrl (in favor using the fully qualified domain name of the server which hosts your icons)
• Added [SYM-Helper] to identify variables which can be configured in SYM-Helper (0.8.0)
• Updated sample banner image (Image by pikisuperstar on Freepik)
• Added overlayoverride variable to dynamically override the overlayicon, based on which Configuration is selected by the end-user (Pull Request No. 111; thanks yet again, @drtaru!)
• Modified the display of support-related information (including adding supportTeamWebsite (Addresses Issue No. 97; thanks, @theahadub!))
• Adjustments to Completion Actions (including the wait flavor; thanks for the heads-up, @tom!)
• Updated Microsoft Teams filepath validation
• Add position prompt (Addresses Issue No. 120; thanks for the suggestion, @astrugatch! Pull Request No. 121; thanks, @drtaru! This has to be your best one yet!)
• Corrections to "Continue" button after Network Quality test Pull Request No. 115; thanks, @delize!

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What's Changed

• docs: add bartreardon as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #103
• Link fix CONTRIBUTING.md by @Honestpuck in #105
• docs: add BIG-RAT as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #106
• docs: add drtaru as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #107
• docs: add robjschroeder as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #108
• docs: add TechTrekkie as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #109
• Add OverlayIcon override code. by @drtaru in #111
• Add position prompt by @drtaru in #121

New Contributors

• @allcontributors made their first contribution in #103
• @Honestpuck made their first contribution in #105

Full Changelog: v1.12.10...v1.13.0

Setup Your Mac (1.12.10)

1.12.10

15-Sep-2023

• Better WelcomeMessage logic and variable handling (Pull Request No. 101; thanks big bunches, @GadgetGeekNI!)

1.12.9

15-Sep-2023

• Added -L to curl command when caching banner images (thanks for the suggestion, @bartreardon!)
• Added swiftDialogMinimumRequiredVersion variable to more easily track the minimum build. (Pull Request No. 98; thanks, @GadgetGeekNI!)
• Hide unused Support variables (Pull Request No. 99; thanks again, @GadgetGeekNI!)
• Added Pre-flight Check: Validate supportTeam variables are populated (Pull Request No. 100; thanks for another one, @GadgetGeekNI!)

1.12.8

13-Sep-2023

• Added a check for FileVault being enabled during Setup Assistant (for macOS 14 Sonoma) (Pull Request No. 96; thanks, Obi-@drtaru!)

1.12.7

09-Sep-2023

• Added ability disable the "Continue" button in the User Input "Welcome" dialog until Dynamic Download Estimates have complete (Pull Request No. 93; thanks, @Eltord!)
• Added a check to account for if the loggedInUser returns in ALL CAPS (as this sometimes happens with SSO Attributes) (Pull Request No. 94; thanks for another one, @Eltord!)
• Added a Pre-flight Check for the running shell environment: Will exit gracefully if the shell does not match \bin\bash. (Pull Request No. 95; thanks — yet again — @drtaru!)
• Remove any default dialog file

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What's Changed

• Lock continue button until estimations are complete by @Eltord in #93
• Updated loggedInUserFirstname by @Eltord in #94
• Added running shell check by @drtaru in #95
• Add check for Filevault enabled at Setup Assistant by @drtaru in #96
• Hiding unused Support Variables by @GadgetGeekNI in #99
• PreFlightCheck for Support Vars by @GadgetGeekNI in #100
• Better WelcomeMessage Logic & variable handling by @GadgetGeekNI in #101

New Contributors

• @GadgetGeekNI made their first contribution in #99

Full Changelog: v1.12.6...v1.12.10

Setup Your Mac (1.12.6)

1.12.6

30-Aug-2023

• Reverted mktemp-created files to pre-SYM 1.12.1 behaviour
• Updated required version of swiftDialog to 2.3.2.4726

1.12.5

28-Aug-2023

• Added sleep "${debugModeSleepAmount}" to recon validation

1.12.4

26-Aug-2023

• toggleJamfLaunchDaemon (during quitScript function) based on completionActionOption (Pull Request No. 89; thanks for another one, @TechTrekkie!)

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What's Changed

• toggleJamfLaunchDaemon based on CompletionActionOption by @TechTrekkie in #89

New Contributors

• @TechTrekkie made their first contribution in #89

Full Changelog: v1.12.3...v1.12.6

Setup Your Mac (1.12.3)

23-Aug-2023

1.12.3

• Changed dialogURL to new GitHub Repo (Pull Request No. 88; thanks yet again, @drtaru!)

1.12.2

• Updated minimum version of macOS to 12
• Corrected deletion of cached welcomeBannerImage

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What's Changed

• change dialogURL to new Github Repo by @drtaru in #88

Full Changelog: v1.12.1...v1.12.3