If you see a prompt, type your administrator account password, and then click Install Helper. When the Norton uninstall finishes, run the RemoveNortonMacFiles.command file in Terminal again. For more information, refer to the instructions in step 5 above. In the Terminal window, type your administrator password, and then press return.
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Desktop Central can be used to manage computers with macOS. Desktop Central has separate agents to manage Mac computers. This document will explain you on the following:
Supported macOS
Desktop Central currently supports the following Mac versions:
- 10.7 Lion
- 10.8 Mountain Lion
- 10.9 Mavericks
- 10.10 Yosemite
- 10.11 El Capitan
- 10.12 Sierra
- 10.13 High Sierra
- 10.14 Mojave
- 10.15 Catalina
- 11.0 Big Sur
Note: Desktop Central currently supports managing macOS with Intel Processor
Configuring Mac Agent Settings
Desktop Central has different agents for windows and Mac computers. Mac agents will not be created by default. You can create Mac agents by configuring the settings in the scope of management. This will help you automatically create Mac agents for the local office and the remote offices. To Configure the Mac agent settings follow the steps mentioned below.
- Click the Admin tab to invoke the Admin page.
- Click the Agent Settings link available under SoM Settings.
- Select Mac Agent Settings tab
- Specify the root credentials for installing the agents remotely to target computer. Ensure that remote login is enabled on the target computer.
- Select the domain or the workgroup to group Mac computers (this is virtual grouping and will not impact on its functions). Agents that are pushed remotely from SoM --> Add Computers will be shown under the respective Domain/Workgroup from which they are added.
While adding credentials it is recommended that the user account falls under active directory else the credentials can be added under workgroup type. This credential will be used for automatic installation of agents across local office computers irrespective of their domain.
- Click Save Changes to create Mac agents.
Mac agents can be download from the SoM page.
Installing Mac Agents
Mac agents can be installed manually in the computers that need to be managed. Agents can be installed manually in every computer or through SSH. To install the agent, log-in into the computer as an administrator and follow the steps mentioned below.
- Click the Admin tab to invoke the Admin page.
- Click on Scope of Management link and click on Computer tab.
- Click on Download Agentlink.
Mac Zip With Password Terminals
You will have a drop down list, from which you can choose and download the appropriate agent. If the managed computers are in the same LAN, download Mac local agent. If the managed computers are in remote locations, download agents appropriately. Follow the steps mentioned below to install the agents manually,
- Login into the Mac computer as administrator and navigate to the location where the agent is downloaded.
- Extract the zip file and locate DesktopCentral_MacAgent.pkgand serverinfo.plist file.
- Double click to install the agent.
- Enter administrators password when prompted to complete installation.
Installing Mac Agents Remotely
If you wanted to install agents for computers within the LAN, then you can choose the computers and invoke agent installation from the Desktop Central web console Admin tab --> SoM -->Select computers and invoke agent installation. If you wanted to install agents to computers which belongs to a different remote office, then you will have to use SSH.
Installing Mac agents to remote office computers can be done easily through SSH. Using a Mac computer you can remotely connect to other computers and install the Mac agents. To know about installing agents follow the steps mentioned below.
- Login into the Mac computer as administrator
- Download the Mac agent.
- Copy the downloaded Mac agent
- Open the terminal
- Navigate to the location where the agent is downloaded.
- Type scp DCMacAgent.zip adminusername@hostname: to copy the agent to the target computer.
- where adminusername - administrator user name of the remote computer
- hostname - local host name of the remote computer
- Agent is copied in the location ~/Users/adminusername in target computer
Install the agent in the remote computer
To login into the target computer using SSH type ssh adminusername@hostname
Navigate to the location where the agent is copied, Unzip the agent zip file by typing unzip -oq DCMacAgent.zip
Install the agent using the command sudo installer -pkg DesktopCentral_MacAgent.pkg -target /
Enter the administrator password when prompted to complete agent installation.
Once the agents are installed successfully, the Mac computers will be listed in the SoM page in the Desktop Central web console.
Uninstall Mac agents
To uninstall the agents from the computers, follow the steps mentioned below.
- Login into the computer as administrator and open the terminal.
- Navigate to the directory /Library/DesktopCentral_Agent/uninstall
- Type sudo chmod 744 uninstall.sh,and enter
- Type the commandsudo./uninstall.sh,this command removes all the files except logs.
Supported Features
Desktop Central currently supports the following features for Mac computers.
- Patch Management
- Software Deployment
- Managing software License
- Managing Software Category
- Hardware and software inventory reports
- Alerting by email for every hardware or software changes.
- Configurations
- Remote Control
- Remote Shutdown
To completely remove all Norton application files and references on your Mac, download and run the RemoveNortonMacFiles tool.
Mac Terminal Create Zip With Password
Download and run RemoveNortonMacFiles as an administrator
Download the RemoveNortonMacFiles.zip file.
Click the Finder icon in the Dock.
In the Finder window, click Downloads in the left pane under Favorites.
Do one of the following:
If you downloaded the file using Safari browser, open the RemoveNortonMacFiles folder.
If you downloaded the file using the Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers, double-click the RemoveNortonMacFiles.zip file to expand it, and then open the RemoveNortonMacFiles folder.
In the RemoveNortonMacFiles folder, control-click the RemoveNortonMacFiles.command file, and then click Open with > Terminal (default).
To run this tool, you must be logged on with an Administrator account and a non-blank password.
Do one of the following:
If you have not uninstalled Norton application on your macOS 10.15.x or later, a message appears in the Terminal window that prompts to drag and drop Norton from Applications folder to Trash. Go to step 7.
If you have macOS 10.14.x and earlier, OR if you already uninstalled Norton on your macOS 10.15.x or later, go to step 13.
In the Terminal window, press return to open the Applications folder in Finder.
In the Applications folder, select the Norton application, and then drag and drop it to the Trash.
When you see a prompt, type your administrator account password, and then click OK.
In the Norton installer window, click Uninstall.
If you see a prompt, type your administrator account password, and then click Install Helper.
When the Norton uninstall finishes, run the RemoveNortonMacFiles.command file in Terminal again.
For more information, refer to the instructions in step 5 above.
In the Terminal window, type your administrator password, and then press return.
When you type your password, no characters appear.
To remove all Norton files and folders, type 1.
If you want to quit RemoveNortonMacFiles without removing any files, type 2.
Press return.
RemoveNortonMacFiles tool removes all of the Norton files.
When the RemoveNortonMacFiles tool finishes removing the Norton files, in the Terminal window, type y, and press return to restart your Mac.
Before you press return, make sure that you save your work in other open applications.
RemoveNortonMacFiles removes all the folders that Norton installers created, and all the files within those folders including any that you have created.