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I first need to clarify the OLD method used to be so that this makes sense. It seem it is possible to create a Sophos Installer with the autoupdate settings.

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Note: Yes if you install SAV9 manually on a Mac and then make a monolithic master disk image that would work, however I like many others now prefer to use a thin imaging approach (via InstaDMG or AutoDMG). Other than Sophos Enterprise Console has anyone else found a solution to let you mass deploy SAV9?

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The only approach that still gives you a proper installer package is via Sophos Enterprise Console running on a Windows server.

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This does let you manage via the Cloud your Macs, it does let your Macs directly update from Sophos, but a) the website for Sophos Cloud is not 100% Safari friendly, and much more importantly b) the installer it produces is yet again an application and not an installer package! The final possibility and the one Sophos are pushing Mac only customers to, is to sign up for an extra cost subscription to Sophos Cloud. However at least with Adobe Flash you can find if you look hard enough a standard package file to install Flash. (The application needs to be run as an application on each client Mac to do the actual installation.) This stupid design is like the equally stupid approach taken by Adobe and Flash. As a result it cannot be deployed using Apple Remote Desktop, Casper, Munki, or any other Mac management tool. Unfortunately Sophos have made this installer an application and not an installer package. It is even possible to pre-configure the auto-update account details for this. If you have no Windows Server, and can no longer use SUM, this leaves two more possibilities, first you could use the standalone SAV9 installer. It is therefore urgent to move all Macs to SAV9 by April 2014. SAV8 is being discontinued in April 2014 and does not officially support Mavericks. Unfortunately SUM only supports SAV8 and does not support SAV9. Previously Mac only organisations could use Sophos Update Manager to do much the same on a Mac server. Multi-platform organisations are likely to have a Windows server (or more than one) and can therefore run Sophos Enterprise Console to create and manage a Mac installer for Sophos Anti-Virus.

If you’re more familiar with the technical side of the MacBook, you can use the below quick steps.Sophos have gone from being one of the best Mac enterprise anti-virus solutions to (perhaps) the worst. (Congratulations! You have completely uninstalled Sophos from your macOS) Method Three. Go back to the library and search the folder “Preferences” and do the same as the above step to remove files.įinally, go back to your Trash Bin and empty the Bin. if there are files, Select and move to your Trash Bin. Go back to the library and search the folder “Saved Application State” and check if there are any files related to Sophos in there by the name. Select all these files and move to your Trash Bin (Delete). When you search for the keyword “Sophos” you will be listed all files as below. You can find the Library using the following steps. Go to ‘Library’ and search the keyword “Sophos”. In order to do that, you can follow the below steps: Otherwise, those files will take significant storage capacity from your device.

However, removing the application does not remove the supported files from your storage, unless you manually find those and delete them.

Now, the application is completely removed from your Macbook. It will display the application is uninstalling.Īfter it was successfully removed, you will see the message like thisĢ: Removal of supporting files related to the Sophos application.

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You will be asked to provide the password of your Mac to uninstall the application. You will see the removal application and the file under the “This Mac” tab.Ĭlick on “Remove Sophos Home” application and Click ‘Continue’.Complete removal of Sophos from Mac ġ: Find and uninstall the application manually. You will see the removal application and other files related to Sophosģ: Clear your Trash Bin (this method might not fully uninstall files). Click on “Finder” Search for Remove Sophos.If you haven’t quit the application, you will get an error message, since the application is open and running.Ģ: Remove other applications related to Sophos. In the Finder on your Mac, click on Application -> right-click on Sophos Icon -> select Remove Sophos from Mac Method One (traditional way)ġ: Removing directly from your ‘Applications’.