Getting Started
Document Overview
This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Device Filter Mac on a single segment
Local Area Network. Following these instructions will allow you to have Device Filter Mac installed
and running within a few minutes. This document is not a substitute for the user guide!
Device Filter Mac Resources
User guides, video tutorials, white papers, and other documentation on Device Filter Mac are available
in the Faronics Content Library at
http://www.faronics.com/library
.
What is Device Filter Mac?
Device Filter Mac is a driver-level application that allows an administrator to designate and manage
which devices and removable media are able to connect to individual workstations. These connections
include USB, FireWire, CD/DVD, LAN ethernet, wireless ethernet, modem, Bluetooth and IR (infra-
red.) Device Filter Mac appears as a program preference pane within the OS X System Preferences.
Administrators also have the option to allow prohibited devices on a one-time-only basis or timed basis,
or, with Firewire and USB media, to set a maximum storage-size limit. Device Filter administrators
can also track connection activity for any monitored device or connection via the Device Filter Mac
preference pane or the application’s user-specified activity log file.
Device Filter Mac can be managed at the workstation level or remotely via Apple Remote Desktop
(ARD).
System Requirements
Device Filter Mac requires Mac OS X Panther v10.3.0 - 10.3.9 or Tiger v10.4.1 and up. ARD integration
requires Apple Remote Desktop version 2.2 or later. A minimum of 256 MB of RAM is recommended.
Device Filter Mac is a Universal application and supports Intel- and PPC-based Macs.
Installing Device Filter Mac
Installation and configuration of Device Filter requires administrative access.
Device Filter is distributed on a CD-ROM in a media package, or as a downloadable file via the
Internet.
To install Device Filter on a single computer, complete the following steps:
The computer requires a restart to complete the installation.
1. Double-click the file
Device Filter.pkg
to begin the installation process. (Depending on the
configuration, the file extension may not be visible.)
2. Follow the steps presented, and read and accept the license agreement.
3. Click
Install
and Device Filter is installed on the computer as a preference pane accessible in
System Preferences.
The computer requires a restart to complete the installation.