Why Disabling App Store access except App Store Update not woking in macOS 10.15 Catalina.

anupgupta-arg wrote:

Hi

I am trying to disable App store except App Store Update using MDM.

I am trying using Payload

<dict>

<key>PayloadIdentifier</key>

<string> ___________ </string>

<key>PayloadType</key>

<string>com.apple.appstore</string>

<key>PayloadUUID</key>

<string>____________</string>

<key>PayloadEnabled</key>

<true />

<key>PayloadVersion</key>

<integer>1</integer>

<key>restrict-store-disable-app-adoption</key>

<false />

<key>DisableSoftwareUpdateNotifications</key>

<false />

<key>restrict-store-require-admin-to-install</key>

<false />

<key>restrict-store-softwareupdate-only</key>

<true />

</dict>

this is working fine below macOS 10.15 Catalina.

but in macOS 10.15 Catalina.

This is completely blocking app store.

Can you say more— is this a new problem or old problem for your mobile device management?

What precipitated this change in behavior, what changed?

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