Users Guide

● Amended 4/2017 - An error no longer displays when accessing Mac-provisioned removable media that was previously
accessed on a Windows computer. [DDPMS-1296]
● Amended 4/2017 - An issue is resolved that caused the computer to become unresponsive during encryption or decryption
of some Fusion drives. [DDPMS-1302]
Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and
Functionality v8.11.1
● macOS Sierra v10.12.2 is now supported.
● If an enterprise wants to migrate from Dell Volume Encryption to FileVault Encryption and also upgrade the OS, the
Enterprise Edition for Mac Administrator Guide provides steps for the migration process.
Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical
Advisories v8.11.1
● For network users of Enterprise Edition for Mac v8.11.x with Mac OS El Capitain 10.11.6 and higher, EMS now displays and
USB media can be mounted if the user chooses not to encrypt the drive when prompted. [DDPMS-1259, DDPMS-1260,
DDPMS-1262]
● Amended 4/2017 - An issue is resolved that resulted in a rare activation failure on a computer with a Fusion drive.
[DDPMS-1306]
Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and
Functionality v8.11
● macOS Sierra v10.12.0 and v10.12.1 are now supported.
Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and
Functionality v8.10
● Mac OS X El Capitan v10.11.5 and v10.11.6 are now supported.
● In the Remote Management Console, Mac policies have been reorganized to enhance usability:
○ The Mac Encryption technology group has two policy groups: Dell Volume Encryption and Mac Global Settings. The
Removable Media Encryption technology group has Mac Media Encryption.
○ Master policies use On/Off instead of True/False. The Encryption Enabled master policy is renamed to Dell Volume
Encryption.
○ Non-master policies that previously had True/False options are now a check box to select or clear.
○ Policies are divided into Basic and Advanced.
○ For the 8.10 release, in the Mac Dell Data Protection > Policies tab, the previous policy names and technology groups
display, but the Mac Shield Help identifies the corresponding names.
Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical
Advisories v8.10
● In the .plist, the HFS+ opt-in is disabled by default. If set to True, EMS will provision policy to HFS+ media. [DDPMS-142]
● With the Copy whitelist rule, the administrator can now exclude media from EMS based on media size and file system type
(HFS+, ExFAT, or FAT). [DDPMS-1157, DDPMS-1158]
Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories
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