Users Guide

Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical
Advisories v8.6
● After the Encrypt Using FileVault for Mac policy is changed from True to False, the user is now prompted to allow decryption
to begin, as expected. [DDPMS-621]
● When Mac OS Extended Media is connected to the computer and the EMS Encrypt External Media policy is set to False, the
user is no longer notified that the media format is unsupported. [DDPMS-626]
● FileVault encryption is now performed on a CoreStorage boot volume without a restart. [DDPMS-631, DDPMS-633]
● FileVault encryption status now displays in Dell Data Protection Preferences, as expected. [DDPMS-632]
● A non-administrator user can now successfully mount and provision a USB volume. [DDPMS-662]
Enterprise Edition for Mac Technical Advisories v8.6
No technical advisories exist.
Enterprise Edition for Mac New Features and
Functionality v8.5.0.6506
● Amended 06/2015 - Mac OS X Yosemite v10.10.2 and 10.10.3 are now supported.
● Enterprise Edition for Mac now supports FileVault encryption of unencrypted non-boot volumes as well as management of
FileVault-encrypted non-boot volumes.
● Recovery keys can now be easily refreshed by obtaining the recovery bundle from the Dell Enterprise Server and dragging it
onto the Dell Data Protection Preferences Pane.
● For ease in decryption and recovery of data that is FileVault-encrypted by policy, protection with institutional recovery keys
can now be converted to protection with both institutional and personal recovery keys on computers running Mac OS X
Mavericks 10.9.5 and later.
Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical
Advisories v8.5.0.6506
● User interaction is no longer required during decryption of FileVault-encrypted data based on policy setting. [DDPMS-460]
● After a computer name is changed, only the latest hostname displays as an endpoint in the Dell Remote Management
Console, and user activations and recovery options now proceed as expected on the computer. [DDPMS-476]
● On drives with a total number of sectors that is not divisible by eight, Enterprise Edition for Mac now functions as expected
without requiring an extra reboot. [DDPMS-494]
● Several improvements have been made regarding status of a volume and its encryption/decryption in the Dell Data
Protection Preferences Pane.
Enterprise Edition for Mac Resolved Technical
Advisories v8.4.1.6310
● After Dell Recovery Utility is used to recover a Dell-encrypted disk, occasional activation failures no longer occur. Previously,
activation failed on some computers due to a disk ownership issue based on the Mac OS setting, "Ignore ownership on this
volume." Dell Recovery Utility now resolves this setting and disk ownership. [DDPMS-478]
● External media Shielded with Enterprise Edition for Mac 8.4.0.6247 is now compatible with Yosemite after use on a Windows
computer running Enterprise Edition for Windows 8.4.1. [DDPMS-485]
● The encryption process no longer stops when it encounters large drives with nonstandard layouts. [DDPMS-494]
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Encryption Enterprise for Mac Technical Advisories