Product guide

Contents

Preface 7

About this guide .................................. 7

Audience .................................. 7

Conventions ................................. 7

Find product documentation ..............................8

1 Introduction 9

Why you need security for Mac .............................9

How McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac protects your system ............... 10

Anti-malware ................................ 10

Desktop firewall ............................... 10

Application protection .............................11

Product features .................................. 11

2 Installation and deployment 15

System requirements ................................15

Package contents ..................................16

Install the software on a standalone Mac ........................ 16

Install the software using wizard ........................ 16

Install the software from the command line (silent installation) ............ 16

Upgrade the software ................................17

Upgrade the software on a standalone Mac .................... 17

Upgrade the software on a managed Mac .....................17

Default settings .................................. 19

Recommended post-installation tasks ......................... 20

Deploy the software on a managed Mac .........................21

Check in the package using software manager ...................21

Install the extensions using software manager ...................22

Check in the package manually ......................... 22

Install the extensions manually .........................23

Deploy McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac from ePolicy Orchestrator ..........23

Test the installation .................................24

Test the anti-malware protection feature ..................... 24

Test the application protection feature ...................... 24

Test the desktop firewall feature .........................25

Uninstall the software ................................26

Uninstall the software from a standalone Mac ................... 26

Remove the software from a managed Mac .................... 27

3 Using the software on a standalone Mac 29

Dashboard .................................... 29

Security status ................................29

Recent events summary ............................30

History of events ..................................30

Quarantine malware ................................ 31

McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac 2.1.0 Product Guide