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| - | ====== Bigfix Client Installation for Mac OS X ====== | ||
| - | ===== Download and Install the BigFix Client ===== | ||
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| - | Note: The BigFix for Macintosh client only supports Mac OS X 10.3 and above. | ||
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| - | - Click here to download and run the BigFix client installer: https:// | ||
| - | - Double-click the **BigFix_Mac.pkg** icon in the disk image window. (If you downloaded the the installer using a browser other than Safari, double-click the downloaded .dmg file to open the disk image window. | ||
| - | - When the Welcome screen appears, click **Continue**. | ||
| - | - Select your hard drive as the destination volume and then click **Continue**. | ||
| - | - Click **Install** (or **Upgrade** if a previous version of BigFix is already installed). | ||
| - | - When prompted, enter your administrator account information for the computer and click **OK**. | ||
| - | - If a previous version of BigFix is installed, you will be prompted to remove it. Click **OK** to remove the older software and continue with the current installation. | ||
| - | - When BigFix has finished installing, click **OK**. | ||
| - | - After the has been successfully installed, click **Close**. | ||
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| - | ===== Verify the BigFix Client Installation (Optional) ===== | ||
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| - | After installing the BigFix client on your Mac, you will see no obvious sign that anything has happened. BigFix will be running as a service. If you want to verify the installation: | ||
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| - | - On your hard drive, navigate to **Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor**. | ||
| - | - Be sure that All Processes is selected at the top of the window and look for the **BESAgent** (BigFix Enterprise Suite agent) in the list of processes. | ||