WS1 - Install macOS Rosetta for M1 Chips with a Profile

If you have a Mac with Apple silicon, you'll be asked to install Rosetta the first time you open an app built for an Intel-based Mac. Click Install, then enter your user name and password to allow the installation process to proceed.

Now this is all good if the user has admin rights, but what if they don't. Well WS1 has a workaround. We do need to create an assignment group targetting the M1 chipset and then run the required command. Steps below.

Click GROUPS & SETTINGS > Groups > Assignment Groups

After giving your Smart Group a name,

expand Platform and Operating System and Select Apple macOS

expand CPU Architecture and select Apple Silicon (ARM64)

then Click NEXT

Now that your Smart Group has been created we need to assign a payload which will run a specific command.

Click DEVICES > Profiles & Resources > Profiles and then

Click ADD > Add Profile

Click and Choose macOS and Device Profile

Name the profile

Set the Assignment Type to Auto

Add the Smart Groups we created earlier

Click Custom Attributes and fill set the following

Attribute Name:

Rosetta_Enable

Script/Command:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license

Click SAVE AND PUBLISH