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Installing Absolute Manage on my Mac laptop

Follow the steps below to install the Absolute Manage (AbMan) Agent on your Apple Mac laptop.

1) Download and install the AbMan Agent.

a) The AbMan Agent can be downloaded from the following location:

129.111.93.179/MacPublicDepot/

Note: If you are connecting to the Internet through the University wireless network or from off campus, you must first authenticate on the University VPN at https://hscvpn.uthscsa.edu

b) From the Finder menu, select “Go” and then “Connect to Server …”

c) In the Server Address field, enter 129.111.93.179/MacPublicDepot/

Note: You can save this address as a favorite by clicking on the “+” sign at the right of the field.

d) Click “Connect”.

e) At the new login window, click “Guest” and then click “Connect”.

f) A greeting window will display. After reading it, click “OK” to close it.

g) The icon of the MacPublicDepot volume will appear on your desktop if your Finder preferences are configured to show connected volumes. On Mac OS X 10.3 and later, a new Finder window should open, showing the top level of the Depot.

h) Open the folder “AbMan agent installer”, copy the installer package file to your desktop and install the Agent.

i) Disconnect from MacPublicDepot by dragging the desktop icon to Trash.

Start

Configure your Mac’s AbMan Agent

Click on the tabs to view the steps.

Step 1

Absolute

a) Restart your Mac and log back in.

Step 2

Mac preferences

b) Go to the Apple menu and open “System Preferences”.

Step 3

Select and open the "Absolute Manage" preferences.

Select and open the “Absolute Manage” preferences.

Step 4

Unlock the preference panel, if necessary.

c) Unlock the preference panel, if necessary.

Step 5

Enter your username in the "Primary User:" field, followed by your department ("Department"), MAC’s physical location ("Building & Room Location:"), its serial number ("Computer Serial No.:") and its property tag number ("UTHSCSA Property Tag No.").

d)  Enter your username in the “Primary User:” field, followed by your department (“Department”), MAC’s physical location (“Building & Room Location:”), its serial number (“Computer Serial No.:”) and its property tag number (“UTHSCSA Property Tag No.”).

Step 6

If your Mac has been encrypted, enter the encryption key in the designated field (“Encryption Key”).

Step 7

Finally, tab into the empty "Client Information 7:" field, but leave it blank.

e) Finally, tab into the empty “Client Information 7:” field, but leave it blank.

Step 8

Lock the preferences to prevent accidental changes.

f)  Lock the preferences to prevent accidental changes.

Step 9

This is an example of a completed AbMan Agent preference wind, taken from a Mac that has not yet been encrypted.

This is an example of a completed AbMan Agent preference wind, taken from a Mac that has not yet been encrypted.

Finished

This completes your MAC’s absolute manage agent configuration.