Building a Jamf Pro smart group containing High Sierra-incompatible Mac models

As part of preparing for macOS Sierra in 2016, I prepared a smart group that listed Macs incompatible with macOS Sierra. Apple stated at WWDC 2017 that any Mac that can run macOS Sierra can also run macOS High Sierra, so that means that the list of incompatible Macs has not changed. For more details, see below the jump:

Here’s the list of Mac models which are incompatible with macOS High Sierra:

	'MacBookPro4,1'
	'MacPro2,1'
	'MacBookPro5,1'
	'MacBookPro1,1'
	'MacBookPro5,3'
	'MacBookPro5,2'
	'iMac8,1'
	'MacBookPro5,4'
	'iMac5,1'
	'iMac5,2'
	'iMac6,1'
	'MacBookPro3,1'
	'MacBookPro1,2'
	'iMac9,1'
	'Macmini3,1'
	'Macmini1,1'
	'iMac4,2'
	'MacBookPro2,2'
	'MacBookPro2,1'
	'MacBook3,1'
	'MacBook5,1'
	'MacBook5,2'
	'MacBook2,1'
	'iMac4,1'
	'MacBook1,1'
	'MacBookPro5,5'
	'Xserve2,1'
	'MacBookAir1,1'
	'Xserve3,1'
	'MacBookAir2,1'
	'Xserve1,1'
	'Macmini2,1'
	'MacPro3,1'
	'iMac7,1'
	'MacBook4,1'
	'MacPro1,1'
	'MacPro4,1'

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To create a smart group that contains the list of incompatible Macs, I’ve updated the smart group XML file I created last year for macOS Sierra. The smart group XML file is available below:

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<computer_group>
	<name>Macs incompatible with macOS High Sierra</name>
	<is_smart>true</is_smart>
	<criteria>
	<size>37</size>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>0</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro4,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>1</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacPro2,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>2</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro5,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>3</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro1,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>4</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro5,3</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>5</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro5,2</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>6</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>iMac8,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>7</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro5,4</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>8</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>iMac5,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>9</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>iMac5,2</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>10</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>iMac6,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>11</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro3,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>12</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro1,2</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>13</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>iMac9,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>14</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>Macmini3,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>15</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>Macmini1,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>16</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>iMac4,2</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>17</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro2,2</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>18</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro2,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>19</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBook3,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>20</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBook5,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>21</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBook5,2</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>22</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBook2,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>23</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>iMac4,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>24</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBook1,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>25</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookPro5,5</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>26</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>Xserve2,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>27</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookAir1,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>28</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>Xserve3,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>29</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBookAir2,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>30</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>Xserve1,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>31</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>Macmini2,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>32</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacPro3,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>33</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>iMac7,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>34</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacBook4,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>35</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacPro1,1</value>
	</criterion>
	<criterion>
	<name>Model Identifier</name>
	<priority>36</priority>
	<and_or>or</and_or>
	<search_type>is</search_type>
	<value>MacPro4,1</value>
	</criterion>
	</criteria>
	<computers/>
	</computer_group>

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This smart group can be imported into a Jamf Pro server via the API. To upload it to a JSS server using the API, download the XML file to a convenient location, then run the command shown below (substituting as appropriate):

curl -skfu username:password https://jamfpro.server.here:8443/JSSResource/computergroups/id/0 -T /path/to/filename.xml -X POST;

If the smart group was successfully uploaded, you should next see output similar to that shown below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><computer_group><id>64</id></computer_group>computername:~ username$

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gistfile1.txt

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A new smart group named Macs incompatible with macOS High Sierra should also now be present on the Jamf Pro server.