Requirements and Installation

About Apple Configurator

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5895

Requirements

It requires a Mac machine running Mac OS X 10.7+ . There currently is no Windows OS support, unlike for iPCU and iTunes which do have Windows versions.

Apple ID

iTunes – version 10.6 +

What it does:

    Prepare devices:

    · Configure up to 30 devices at a time

    · 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

    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 auto populate 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

Installation

The installation is very easy. During the installation you’ll be prompted to upgrade and install the latest iTunes 10.6. Once installed, run application and you’ll be presented with 3 main application functions: Prepare, Supervise and Assign Devices.