Next, you’ll need to copy the installer to every Mac you intend to install AIR applications to. For situations like this, where the initial installation package will not be needed after the install, it’s convenient to copy the package to the Mac’s temporary folder: /tmp. To do so, you’ll need to download the Adobe AIR installer here. So, without further ado, this is how to silently install an Adobe AIR application on a Mac via Apple Remote Desktop (ARD):įirst things first: if the Adobe AIR runtime hasn’t been installed on the remote Macs yet, you’ll need to get that installed first. Come to find out though, Yammer is (tada!) an Adobe AIR application not a standard Mac package. I figured it would be pretty straightforward, as most applications these days use Apple’s preferred package format (.pkg.
To do that, I needed to find a way to do a silent install of Yammer via Apple Remote Desktop.
Of course, the best install scenario is always one where I can install the app without interrupting the person’s work, and without having to visit every single desk with a Mac on it. It’s caught on pretty well, and now we’ve reached a critical point where many of our users are interested in installing the desktop app on their systems so they don’t need to have a web page open all day.īeing the Mac admin, it’s up to me to get the app installed on all the Macs. My company has made a full-on effort to embrace Yammer.
