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Remotely manage, and protect laptops and mobile devices.

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Automate tasks across devices, from app installs to scripts.

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Inventory, patch, and manage installed software.

Extend Fleet

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Integrate your favorite tools with Fleet.

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Stripe + Fleet

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Stripe consolidates multiple tools with Fleet.

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Foursquare quickly migrates to Fleet for device management.

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GitHub Desktop

macOS | 3.5.4

GitHub Desktop is a desktop client for GitHub repositories.

Self-service install

To install GitHub Desktop on your work computer:

  1. Navigate to the Fleet Desktop icon in the OS menu bar and select My device.
  2. From the Self-service tab, navigate to GitHub Desktop and click Install.

Don’t see GitHub Desktop or the Fleet Desktop icon? Send a link to this page to your IT team.

Uninstall GitHub Desktop

Run the following command in your terminal to uninstall GitHub Desktop:

APPDIR="/Applications/" && LOGGED_IN_USER=$(scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | awk '/Name :/ { print $3 }') && trash() { local logged_in_user="$1"; local target_file="$2"; local timestamp="$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)"; local rand="$(jot -r 1 0 99999)"; if [[ "$target_file" == ~* ]]; then target_file="/Users/$logged_in_user${target_file:1}"; fi; local trash="/Users/$logged_in_user/.Trash"; local file_name="$(basename "${target_file}")"; if [[ -e "$target_file" ]]; then echo "removing $target_file."; mv -f "$target_file" "$trash/${file_name}_${timestamp}_${rand}"; else echo "$target_file doesn't exist."; fi } && sudo rm -rf "$APPDIR/GitHub Desktop.app" && sudo rm -rf 'github' && sudo rmdir '~/.config/git' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.github.GitHubClient.sfl*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/com.github.GitHubClient' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/GitHub Desktop' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/ShipIt_stderr.log' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/ShipIt_stdout.log' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Caches/com.github.GitHubClient' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Caches/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.github.GitHubClient' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Logs/GitHub Desktop' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.github.GitHubClient.ShipIt.*.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.github.GitHubClient.helper.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.github.GitHubClient.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Saved Application State/com.github.GitHubClient.savedState'

Is GitHub Desktop up to date?

Run this query in Fleet to find old versions of GitHub Desktop across all your computers:

SELECT 1 FROM apps WHERE bundle_identifier = 'com.github.GitHubClient' AND bundle_short_version <= '3.5.4';

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