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Deep Freeze for Mac

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Download Deep Freeze 7.60.220.0202

Deep Freeze for Mac

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Faronics Deep Freeze makes Macs indestructible. It protects endpoints by Freezing a snapshot of a workstation’s desired configuration and settings set by the IT Admin. With a simple reboot, any unwelcome or unwanted changes are removed from the system, restoring it to its pristine Frozen state. Deep Freeze provides ultimate macOS protection that leverages ARD for deployment and management allowing IT Admins looking to secure their Macs and keep them running smoothly, without any restrictions.

Provide students with flexible lab environment, where their learning can be taken to the next level, without any risk to computers. Prevent configuration drift and secure your public computers from malware that could cause data breaches. Erase session data and issues caused by multiple staff accessing patient data on COWs, with every reboot. Make your office computers even tougher. Revert system changes and the resulting issues caused by different actions with a simple reboot.

Features and Highlights

Freeze and Restore
Freeze your Macs to the desired state. Restore from any unexpected changes with a simple reboot.

Increase Productivity
Ensure 100% computer recovery with every restart. Reduced computer downtime means increased IT productivity.

Completely Non-Restrictive
Provide users with unrestricted access while preventing permanent configuration changes.

Eliminate Lock Down Defence
Avoid the necessity of adopting restrictive defence or reactionary approaches for maintaining security.

Protection Against Phishing
Deep Freeze for macOS reverses malicious changes on reboot, protecting computers from threats such as phishing.

Eliminate Unplanned Threats
Provide a simple and effective way to clear all malicious changes to your system, including zero-day threats.

Prevent Configuration Drifts
Prevent Macs from straying from their baseline configurations while still allowing users to save their work.

Achieve License Compliance
Only keep approved software installed across all workstations, helping your organization achieve license compliance.

Note: 30 days trial version.

Also Available: Download Deep Freeze for Windows

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What's new in this version:

Deep Freeze 7.60.220.0202
New Features:
- Support for macOS Sonoma 14
- ARD tasks set to run as root by default
- On macOS 13 (Ventura) or higher: Deep Freeze Mac application and command line tool will notify the user if the daemon has been disabled in System Settings > General > Login Items
- On systems running macOS Monterey 12 and higher: Deep Freeze will not perform major macOS updates when installing system updates during maintenance schedule

Fixed:
- 45847 Resolved an issue with being unable to create Thawspaces in certain conditions


Deep Freeze 7.30.220.0207
New Features:
- Support for macOS Big Sur 11
- New option for ‘Status’ command to return Frozen/Thawed status
- Note: Deep Freeze 7.x no longer requires a restart to Freeze the computer so the computer will not need to restart at the end of the maintenance period
- Deep Freeze Mac 7.30 does not officially support Apple Silicon Mac

Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where the text on Steam Client for Mac opening windows did not appear with Deep Freeze for Mac installed
- Resolved an issue where Adobe Photoshop did not open .PSD files automatically
- Resolved an issue with BBEdit 12/13 displaying text after installing Deep Freeze Mac
- Resolved an issue where Adobe After Effects did not run with Deep Freeze Mac 7.20 on macOS 10.15 (Catalina)
- Resolved an issue where StorageSpace not mounted error (-60005) was displayed for Deep Freeze Mac 7.20 with Adobe Cloud Installed
- Resolved an issue where the error message ‘Unable to thaw the computer..’ was not localized for all supported languages
- Resolved an issue where the tooltip for Add/Edit Schedule incomplete was not localized in some languages
- Resolved an issue where the ‘Downloading [update]’ notification shown in Deep Freeze lockout maintenance window was not localized for all supported languages
- Resolved an issue where the menu bar status icon did not update live after the machine was set to Frozen or Thawed using the command line
- Resolved an issue where the expiry reminder window always showed ‘evaluation’ instead of ‘subscription’


Deep Freeze 7.20.220.0107
New Features:
- Support for macOS Catalina 10.15

ARD Info Field:
- Users can select matching Computer Info Field (1–4) to display the Deep Freeze global status in Apple Remote Desktop

Restart on log out:
0 When enabled, the computer will restart when the user logs out (or when the last user logs out if Fast user switching is enabled)

Maintenance scheduling capability:
- Users can create maintenance schedules to define repeating or once-only maintenance periods where you can perform Apple software update, run a script or perform any other maintenance required. Other available options include: the ability to lock out users during the maintenance period, to warn users that a maintenance period is about to occur, and to shut down the computer at the conclusion of the maintenance period
- Note: Deep Freeze will not restart the computer to set it to Frozen mode at the end of a maintenance period

Deep Freeze Tasks for ARD:
- A utility for installing pre-configured actions used to manage Deep Freeze via Apple Remote Desktop


Deep Freeze 7.12.220.0021
- Fixes: resolved an issue with Deep Freeze Mac daemon crashing on latest Mojave version


Deep Freeze 7.11.220.0019
Improvement:
- Specify the license key during installation to prevent Deep Freeze Mac from expiring after a 30-day evaluation period

Fixes:
- Resolved an issue with automatic software updates on Mojave computers causing the machines not booting by preventing them from running


Deep Freeze 7.01.220.0054

New Feature:
- Command line support for freezing and thawing volumes, configuring ThawSpaces, Deep Freeze passwords, and uninstalling Deep Freeze


Deep Freeze 7.00.220.0047

New Features:
- Support for macOS 10.13.5 or higher
- Support for FileVault
- Support for Fusion Drives
- Administrators no longer need to restart the computer to set volumes to Frozen, but will need to restart to set the volumes to Thawed mode
- Administrators can manage Deep Freeze. Optionally, Deep Freeze passwords can be enabled
- ThawSpaces grow automatically as they are APFS volumes that do not require an administrator to allocate a specific amount of space


Deep Freeze 6.21.220.1205

- Note: This version does not yet support installation on APFS formatted volumes. macOS High Sierra requires user consent in order to load kernel extensions like Deep Freeze

Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where installing point releases of macOS 13.x on a system running Deep Freeze would cause the system to fail upon booting

Known Issues:
- Two error dialog boxes are displayed when “Boot Thawed on Next” option is blank and on clicking the Apply button
- ThawSpaces are not created when a Custom Install Package is run which specifies the ThawSpaces
- Drive Icon in the dock does not show the Deep Freeze Mac Frozen badge


Deep Freeze 6.20.220.1204
New Features:
- Support for macOS High Sierra 10.13

Known Issues:
- Sometimes partitions marked as Thawed are being marked as Frozen
- Two error dialog boxes are displayed when “Boot Thawed on Next” option is blank and on clicking the Apply button
- ThawSpaces are not created when a Custom Install Package is run which specifies the ThawSpaces
- Drive Icon in the dock does not show the Deep Freeze Mac Frozen badge
- If you upgrade from older OS to Mavericks, with Deep Freeze already installed, Deep Freeze Mac will not lock users out of the computer during a scheduled maintenance even when the option is enabled


Deep Freeze 6.12.220.1109

Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where Deep Freeze installer does not show default file name when creating custom installers.
- Resolved an issue where an Internal Error occurs when clicking on the resize button under ThawSpaces node where the respective Mac user is removed from the system.
- Resolved an issue where DeepFreeze Remote version 6.10.220.1106 was not sending commands to Apple Remote Desktop 3.8 on macOS Sierra 10.12.1.
- Resolved an issue where Deep Freeze Remote terminated unexpectedly when trying to launch Deep Freeze Remote preferences second time.

Known Issues:
- Sometimes partitions marked as Thawed are being marked as Frozen.
- Two error dialog boxes are displayed when “Boot Thawed on Next” option is blank and on clicking the Apply button.
- ThawSpaces are not created when a Custom Install Package is run which specifies the ThawSpaces.
- Drive Icon in the dock does not show the Deep Freeze Mac Frozen badge.
- If you upgrade from older OS to Mavericks, with Deep Freeze already installed, Deep Freeze Mac will not lock users out of the computer during a scheduled maintenance even when the option is enabled.


Deep Freeze 6.10.220.1106

New Features:
- Support for El Capitan (OS X 10.11)

Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where, when a warning message was displayed before maintenance started got truncated if message was more than 3 lines.

Known Issues:
- Two error dialog boxes are displayed when “Boot Thawed on Next” option is blank and on clicking the Apply button.
- ThawSpaces are not created when a Custom Install Package is run which specifies the ThawSpaces.
- Drive Icon in the dock does not show the Deep Freeze Mac Frozen badge.
- Cannot install Deep Freeze Mac on new Macs which come with Core Storage Volumes enabled. (Learn more)
- If you upgrade from older OS to Mavericks, with Deep Freeze 5.8 already installed, Deep Freeze Mac will not lock users out of the computer during a scheduled maintenance even when the option is enabled.


Deep Freeze 6.0.220.1010

New Features:
- Support for El Capitan (OS X 10.11)

Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where, when a warning message was displayed before maintenance started got truncated if message was more than 3 lines.

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