SureMDM

Settings

Description

General

Automatically Activate Content Caching

Use this option to turn on content caching. 

Note: You cannot turn off the content caching service.

Automatically Enable Tethered Caching 

Use this option to automatically enable internet connection sharing.

Note: The device must run macOS version 10.15.4 or later for this feature to work.

Automatically Purge Content From Cache

Use this option to allow the system to purge content from the cache automatically when it needs disk space for other apps.

Cache

You can select the type of content to cache:

• All Content - Caches iCloud data and shared data
• Personal Caching - Caches iCloud data such as photos and documents
• Shared Caching - Caches apps and software updates

Maximum Cache Size

Enter the maximum amount of disk space (in bytes) that will be used for the content cache. The value '0' allows unlimited space.

Port

Enter the TCP port on which the content caching service accepts the request for upload/download. Set '0' to pick any random port available.

Data Path

Enter the path to store cached data. The path must end with /Library/Application Support/Apple/AssetCache/Data.

Share Internet Location

Use this option to allow internet connection sharing and also allow sharing cached content with iOS devices connected using USB.

Enable Display Alerts

Use this option to display alerts as system notifications on the upper corner of the screen.

Note: The device must run macOS version 10.15 or later for this feature to work.

Enable Sleep Mode

Use this option to prevent the computer from going to sleep when content caching is on.

Note: The device must run macOS version 10.15 or later for this feature to work.

Log Client Details

Use this option to capture logs of the client details such as IP address and port number of the devices that request content.

Client

Restrict Content To Local Network

Use this option to offer content to the devices on the same immediate local network.

Restrict To Listen Ranges

Use this option to provide the content only to the clients specified in the listen ranges.

Client Listen Ranges

Enter the range of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses that can receive the content cache.

Public Ranges

Enter the range of public addresses that the cloud servers should use for matching clients to content caches.

Peer

Restrict Peers To Local Network

Use this option to content cache only peers with other content caches on the same immediate local network.

Peer Filter Ranges

Enter the range of peer IP addresses that the content cache will use to filter its list of peers to query for the content. 

Peer Listen Ranges

Enter the range of IP addresses. The content cache filters its list of peers using the IP address ranges you enter.

Parent

Parents IP Addresses

Enter the local IP address of another cache from which this cache should upload/download the content instead of uploading to or downloading from Apple. 

Parent Selection Policy

When there are many parent caches, you can select how the IP address can be chosen from the following options:

• Round robin
• First-available
• Url-path-hash
• Random
• Sticky available