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  Are you sysprepping the image with all OOBE options set to be skipped before capturing it with FOG?

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  @Tom-Elliott I really appreciate that you are putting effort into providing more frequent releases, which makes it easier for everyone to deploy new security fixes in time. Keep up the good work!

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  Hello,

  We are preparing a lab with 44 MacBooks (Apple M4, 16 GB RAM).

  Currently, we have not implemented any imaging solution yet. At the moment, we only use our Samba Active Directory domain for user authentication (LDAP/Kerberos) on the Macs.

  All machines have the exact same hardware configuration, and we need a way to create a standardized macOS image and replicate it across all devices. This deployment process is performed once every semester, so we are looking for a reliable and repeatable solution.

  We are evaluating the FOG Project as a possible solution, but we are unsure whether it supports cloning and deploying macOS images on Apple Silicon devices (M4).

  We would like to ask:

  Is FOG suitable for capturing and deploying macOS images on Apple Silicon Macs?
  How does the cloning process for macOS work in this scenario?
  If FOG is not recommended, what tools or best practices would you suggest for mass macOS deployment and domain integration with Samba AD?

  Thank you for your guidance.

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  My school district made a big push to start using Active Directory again and to help with the enrollment process, I wanted to use FOG to help get client machines reimaged and enrolled into AD. However, I ran into a few things I consider bugs with the AD settings with groups.

  Fog server version: 1.5.10.1815
  Ubuntu version: 24.04.4 LTS

  Issue #1, when the Group has no host associations, the AD settings do not get saved to the group.

  Issue #2, when there are hosts associated to the group and AD settings are applied, newly registered hosts associated to the group clears the settings. However, the existing hosts in the group still have their settings applied. I have to input the information again in the Group management and update the changes for the settings to stick and re-applies the settings to all hosts in the group.

  Issue #3, if a host was accidently registered to an incorrect group but AD settings were already applied, moving it to a different group with different AD OU settings clears the field. Similar to issue #2, manually inputting the information again and hitting update fixes this.

  Issue #4, Fog doesn’t move a computer object from one OU to another OU. Is that by design?

  Issue #5, If I try to clear the AD settings on a specific host and hit update, the settings don’t actually get cleared. When I go back to that host and go to the Active Directory tab, the settings are still applied regardless if the host is associated to a group or not.

  We are working on some other solutions to combat this, but it would be extremely useful if FOG would move Objects around in AD according to where they land in Groups if the Groups have different settings applied. It would also be useful if the Groups AD settings would be saved and then apply those settings as New hosts are associated to the group or if existing hosts get moved from one group to another with different settings applied to the group.

  Thanks for the help!