Background Service Management
Certain apps that run background services can perform tasks such as sending or receiving notifications, syncing information, managing updates etc., even when the app is not in use. Starting from macOS Ventura 13.0, Apple allows end users to view the list of background items and disable them. Turning off these background items may affect the tasks from being completed. With Mobile Device Manager Plus, admins can restrict users from disabling the apps running background items on the Mac machine.
Profile Description
You can use one or more fields to prevent users from disabling the background items for certain apps.
| Profile Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Team ID's | To allow background items for the apps that are developed by a vendor, provide their Team Identifier. Ex: TZ824L8Y37 |
| Bundle ID's | To allow background items for the specific apps for which users cannot disable background items, provide their Bundle Identifiers. Ex: com.manageengine.desktopcentral |
| Labels | Provide the label names of specific background items which users cannot disable. Ex: com.manageengine.desktopcentral.dcagentservice |
Note:
- Adding .* at the end of Bundle IDs and Label names will allow all the Bundle Identifiers and labels starting with the entered value. Ex: com.manageengine.*
- Users cannot disable the background services for the above configured apps.
How to obtain Team identifier(s) and Bundle identifier(s)
- Open Terminal and run the following command:
codesign -dv --verbose=4 /Path/To/App - You can find Team identifier and Bundle identifier from the generated output.
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