Apple Configurator 1.2.1

Apple Configurator makes it easy for anyone to mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in a school, business, or institution.

Three simple workflows let you prepare new iOS devices for immediate distribution, supervise devices that need to maintain a standard configuration, and assign devices to users. Quickly update your devices simultaneously to the latest version of iOS, configure settings, and install apps and data for your students, employees, or patrons.

Apple Configurator can be used by larger organizations and businesses to set up new devices, install enterprise apps, and enroll each device with a Mobile Device Management solution for remote management by an IT administrator. It is perfect for the classroom or student lab where devices need to be quickly refreshed and kept up to date with the correct settings, approved policies, apps and data. Apple Configurator can also be used to personalize devices with data and documents for specific users.

Prepare devices

Configure multiple devices simultaneously

Update devices to the latest version of iOS

Create and restore a backup of settings and app data from one device to other devices

Import apps into Apple Configurator and sync them to new devices*

Use the built-in editor to create and install iOS configuration profiles

Enroll devices with your Mobile Device Management solution for remote management

Supervise devices

Organize supervised devices into custom groups

Automatically apply common configurations to supervised devices

Quickly reapply a configuration to a supervised device and remove the previous user's data

Import apps into Apple Configurator and sync them to supervised devices*

Define and apply common or sequential names to all devices

Restrict supervised devices from syncing with other computers

Assign devices

Add users and groups manually or autopopulate via Open Directory or Active Directory

Check out a device to a user and restore the user's settings and data on that device

Check in a device from a user and and back up the data for later use, possibly on a different device

Apply custom text, wallpaper, or the user's picture to a device's Lock screen

Import and export documents between your Mac and Apple Configurator

Sync documents between assigned devices and Apple Configurator

Installing paid apps from the App Store requires redemption codes from the Volume Purchase Program for Education or Business. The Volume Purchase Program is not available in all regions.

Apple Configurator 1.2.1 improves stability and the experience upgrading from version 1.1.2.

It also includes the following changes from Apple Configurator 1.2:

Improved stability and performance

Support for new iOS 6 features (Lock to App, Global HTTP Proxy) on supervised iOS devices

Support for new iOS 6 restrictions (Game Center, iBookstore, iMessage) on supervised iOS devices

Improved reliability when activating a new iPhone or iPad with Wi-Fi + Cellular

The last settings used on the Prepare pane are retained when Apple Configurator is quit and relaunched

Improved ability to update or restore devices that are currently in recovery mode

Paid apps from the App Store can now be installed in the Prepare pane only when a device is being supervised

Support for configuring advanced network options on Apple TV

Bug fixes