This article explains 2 different methods in order to keep an Application running on MacOS

Script Code:

#!/bin/bash

application_name=”Notes”

osascript -e “do shell script \”

  if ! (ps aux | grep $application_name | grep -v grep > /dev/null)

  then

      Open -a $application_name

  fi

\” with administrator privileges”

 

Custom Attribute Method (Device need to be online):

Steps:

1. Profile configuration
   1. Add Profile under MacOS > Device > custom attributes

• Assign the profile to user.
• Testing

Script Method (Require the new Script feature Freestyle)

Prerequisite

• Intelligent Hub 20.10
• Workflow Engine Application 20.10
  • The VMware Workspace ONE Workflow Engine 20.10 for macOS is an additional component required to support some new functionality, such as Scripts and Freestyle Orchestrator workflows.

Steps:

1. App deployment
   1. Add Workflow Engine Application 20.10 to UEM internal Apps and deploy to MacOS devices

• Script configuration
  • Add Bash scripts and execute as system

• Script assignment
  • Assign the script to corresponding user with proper deployment methods
    • Script can run every 4/6/8/12/24 hours

• Testing

-Special credit to Bolun for his support on getting this working-