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  • MacOS (originally named 'Mac OS X' until 2012 and then 'OS X' until 2016) is the current Mac operating system that officially succeeded the classic Mac OS in 2001. Although the system was originally marketed as simply 'version 10' of Mac OS, it has a history that is largely independent of the classic Mac OS.
  • Overview This knowledge base article contains the list of the recommended system requirements for Sophos Central Mac. Check Sophos Endpoint and Server Protection: Retirement calendar for supported platforms and operating systems to make sure that your platform is still supported System Requirements of a Central Managed Mac.

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Sophos Central release notes

These are the release notes for Sophos Anti-Virus for macOS (Sophos Central edition).

Version 9.9.8 New

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4973Resolved blank captive portal.
System requirements for installing Sophos Home

Components Updated

Components and their version numbers by release. The second column contains the latest release.
Sophos Anti-Virus9.9.8

April 2020

9.9.6

November 2019

9.9.5

November 2019

9.9.4

September 2019

9.9.3

August 2019

9.9.2

June 2019

9.9.1

June 2019

9.9.0

May 2019

9.8.3

February 2019

9.8.2

January 2019

Version 9.9.6

This release contains performance improvements.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4600Improved memory usage when Threat Case creation is enabled.
MACEP-4602Resolved an issue with modified permissions on the man8 directory when using disk encryption.
MACEP-4493Resolved an intermittent failure where web pages may fail to load.
MACEP-4606Improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina when using MDM profiles.

Version 9.9.5

New features

  • This release contains improved support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
  • This release contains stability improvements.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4456Users can now copy paths from the Events panel.

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Version 9.9.4 Updated

New features

  • This release contains support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.
  • This release contains security and performance improvements.

Updated components

The threat detection engine version is 3.77.1. For information about the threat detection engine, see the Sophos Threat Detection Engine release notes.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4414Resolved an intermittent issue on macOS 10.14 Mojave where the Captive Network Assistant page could fail to load.
MACEP-4410Addressed CVE-2020-10947.

Version 9.9.3

New features

  • Stability and performance improvements.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4098Fixed an issue where verification of APFS disk images (DMGs) can fail on macOS 10.14 Mojave.

Version 9.9.2

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4246Performance improvements.

Version 9.9.1

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-4161Fixed an issue with WiFi Discovery where MacBooks may not display correctly.

Version 9.9.0

New features

  • Scanning performance improvements.
  • Synchronized Security can now identify Sophos and System applications to SFOS.
  • Improvements to CryptoGuard detection accuracy.

Updated components

The threat detection engine version is 3.76.0. For information about the threat detection engine, see the Sophos Threat Detection Engine release notes.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-3435Fixed an issue where some CryptoGuard detections may not appear as an exclusion option in Sophos Central.
MACEP-3436Fixed an issue where CryptoGuard may erroneously detect on Boxcryptor.
MACEP-3822Device Control can now block drives of 1TB+.
MACEP-3856Fixed an issue where an endpoint may fail to heartbeat across a VPN connection.
MACEP-3807Fixed an issue where Health state was sometimes inconsistently reported.
MACEP-3375Installer is now able to report insecure system umask values.

Version 9.8.3

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
MACEP-3604Resolved an issue on macOS 10.14 Mojave that prevented some customers from connecting to Wi-Fi networks that require a captive portal.

Version 9.8.2

Updated components

The threat detection engine version is 3.75.0. For information about the threat detection engine, see the Sophos Threat Detection Engine release notes.

Resolved issues

Resolved issues for this release.
Issue IDDescription
DMACEP-3668Resolved a rare kernel panic that can be caused when reading extended file attributes on APFS.

Known issues

Known issues, listed by ID, affected component and a description of the issue.
IssueDescription
Issues with copying infected files to a quarantine folder.If the immediate scanner moves or copies an infected file to a quarantine folder, the action is intercepted by the on-access scanner. This is because Spotlight indexes the quarantine folder when a file is quarantined there.

To work around this, in the Spotlight preferences, put the quarantine folder into the list of excluded folders.

Authentication caching

  • Authentication caching in macOS may prevent you from unlocking the preferences panel immediately after an upgrade. To unlock the preferences panel, log out, then log in to your Mac again.

Support

Mac

You can find technical support for Sophos products in any of these ways:

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  • Visit the Sophos Community at community.sophos.com/ and search for other users who are experiencing the same problem.
  • Visit the Sophos support knowledge base at www.sophos.com/en-us/support.aspx.
  • Download the product documentation at www.sophos.com/en-us/support/documentation.aspx.
  • Open a ticket with our support team at https://secure2.sophos.com/support/contact-support/support-query.aspx.

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