apple-configuratoriosmacossoftware-update
I attach an iPhone running iOS 12.2 to a mac running macOS 10.14.4 (Mojave) with 33 apps pending updates (as seen from App Store in the update tab in the iPhone). I choose the device, then "update" in Apple Configurator 2 (v. 2.9). Then I get the message "No updates are available. The installed iOS and apps are already up to date." and no apps get updated.
Is there a way to make Apple Configurator 2 recognize the pending updates?
No, it is not possible to do this.
Your probably best of if you crop the photos yourself. Here are the pixel counts that work best for each screen size:
Automator let’s you easily crop images. See my screenshot below for explanation and just click the actions together.
You can automate resizing the photos with Automator, if you don’t demand to choose an extract of your photo.
Rember to use “crop images” with “scale before crop: Scale to Short Side”:
After finishing your workflow you could add a thousands images and let your Mac do the work. You will be prompted to select your images (see first action).
Just adapt the sizes for your corresponding device. You could also merge this into one workflow. Just duplicate the last three steps and change the suffix (_iphone5) in action “Add text”.
Here is an example image* went through my Automator workflow.
Original:
Result:
You could use the free app Ensoul Wallpapers from the Mac App Store. This let’s you choose an image extract.
The maker of another app (deko) documents the sub-pixel shifts that parallax changes can have at http://dekoapp.com/parallax/
I hope my answer helps you with your problem concerning your image size and how to resize them. Unfortunately, I do not see an option to set a background image in Apple Configurator (Version 3.5 (289)).
* image by interfacelift.com
Best Answer
I had this problem recently in macOS 10.15 (Catalina) with an iPhone 11 Pro Max.
The App Store app on the iPhone showed 19 updates available via a red badge on the app icon as well as inside of the app. Meanwhile, the Apple Configurator app on the Mac claimed no updates were available.
Restarting the iPhone didn't change anything as far as I could tell.
But after restarting the Mac and launching Apple Configurator again, it now showed 34 updates available, which still doesn't match what is shown on the iPhone, but I guess it's better than zero!
Clicking the Update button in Configurator resulted in the apps being downloaded and updated. By the time the update process finished, 32 updates were downloaded, and I received an "unknown error" on the last two.
Apple Configurator's handling of app updates seems to be quite buggy.