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title	CrowdStrike Falcon Install Instruction for Mac

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label	macOS 12 Monterey & macOS 13 Ventura

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Instructions for macOS 12 Monterey and macOS 13 Ventura are essentially the same. The main difference is how they look
The CrowdStrike Falcon macOS installer is a universal binary and will work on Intel and Apple Silicon (M1, and M2) chipsets
If you have Sophos Antivirus on the computer, the CrowdStrike Falcon installer will uninstall it for you
If you have Sophos Antivirus on the computer, a restart will be required to finish the Sophos uninstallation process

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1	Go to https://software.lbl.gov/swSoftwareDetails.php?applicationID=259 and download CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for macOS 12 and 13	no image
2	Browse to the location where the file LBL_CS_MacOS_12_13 is downloaded, and right-click on it
3	Click Open
4	Click Open to the popup saying "macOS cannot verify the developer of LBL_CS_MacOS_12_13. Are you sure you want to open it?"
5	Click Continue for the "Introduction" and "Read Me" section
6	Leave the default destination as it is and click Continue Note: if you do not see this screen, continue to the next step.
7	Click Install
8	Type in your computer password
9	Click Install Software
10	Click Allow to the popup saying "com.crowdstrike.falcon.app" would like to filter network content"
11	A "System Extension Blocked" popup will appear, click Open Security Preferences
12	Select Security & Privacy
13	Click the Lock icon on the bottom left
14	Type in your computer password
15	Click Unlock
16	Look for "System software from application "Falcon.app" was blocked from loading", and click Allow
17	If you are using macOS 13 Ventura, you will see an additional popup saying "Installer would like to modify apps on your mac", click OK
18	Installation is done. Click Close
19	You may select Keep or Move to Trash depending on if you want to keep the CrowdStrike Falcon installer file or delete it Note: if you have Sophos, you will need to restart the computer for Sophos to finish uninstalling.
20	If you want to confirm CrowdStrike Falcon is installed and running, see Is CrowdStrike Falcon Running?	no image

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label	macOS 11 Big Sur

1	Go to software.lbl.gov and download CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for macOS 11	no image
2	Browse to the location where the file LBL_CS_MacOS11_vX.X is downloaded, and double-click on it	Image Added
3	It will extract a folder called LBL_CS_MacOS11_vX.X, open it. Leave this folder open, you will return to it.	Image Added
4	Right-click on the GovLagger... file	Image Added
5	Select Open With
6	Select Installer
7	Click Continue for the "Introduction" and "Read Me" section	Image AddedImage Added
8	Click Install	Image Added
9	Type in your computer password	Image Added
10	Click Install Software	Image Added
11	Click Close	Image Added
12	Return to the LBL_CS_MacOS11_vX.X folder from step 3 and right-click on the file configuration.command	Image Added
13	Select Open With
14	Select Terminal
15	Click Open to the popup saying "macOS cannot verify the developer of "configuration.command". Are you sure you want to open it?"	Image Added
16	In the terminal window that pops up, type in your computer password and hit enter Note: no character will appear when you type the password here.	Image Added
17	Click Allow to the popup saying "Falcon would like to filter network content"	Image Added
18	A "System Extension Blocked" popup will appear, click Open Security Preferences	Image Added
19	Select Security & Privacy	Image Added
20	Click the Lock icon on the bottom left	Image Added
21	Type in your computer password
22	Click Unlock
23	Look for "System software from application "Falcon" was blocked from loading", and click Allow	Image Added
24	This process may take between 3-8 minutes. Once done you will see it say [Process Completed] You are done Note: if you have Sophos, you will need to restart the computer for Sophos to finish uninstalling.	Image Added
25	If you want to confirm CrowdStrike Falcon is installed and running, see Is CrowdStrike Falcon Running?	no image

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title	CrowdStrike Falcon Install Instruction for Windows

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Instructions for Windows 10 and Windows 11 are essentially the same. The main difference is how they look.

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Go to https://software.lbl.gov/swSoftwareDetails.php?applicationID=259 and download CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for Windows

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Browse to the location where the file LBL_CS_Win_Installer_vX.X is downloaded, and double-click on it

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You may see the popup"Windows Protected your PC"

Click More info

If not, skip to Step 5

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Click Run anyway

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The pop-up "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?" will appear

Click Yes

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A command prompt window will appear stating "This may take several minutes. This window will close when the full process is complete"

This process will take between 4 to 10 minutes

Note

During this process, you may see the following notification in the bottom right corner. You can ignore it.

If you have Sophos, you will need to restart the computer for Sophos to finish uninstalling.

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Once the command prompt window disappears. You are done.

If you want to confirm CrowdStrike Falcon is installed and running, see Is CrowdStrike Falcon Running?

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