I have an Apple Mac Book, I Use this at my office as well as home for Personal Use. I have some Secure and personal Data stored in my Mac. Sometime I use this Mac for presentation and demo for my staff and I want to be sure that no one can copy Data from my Mac. So I want to Prevent Users from Accessing USB Storage Media like USB HDD, USB Flash Memory, USB Card Reader and USB Mobile Phone Data Cable. But At the Same time I want to Access to access my USB Storage on this Mac. Is it Possible to block USB Pen Drive in Mac PC?
How to block USB Pen Drive in Mac.
Hi,
As per my knowledge I am not fully sure but I think this will work for you .Either you can disable it fully or keep it. But there are no settings to accept only Apple devices such as iPad / Mac book and deny access to the rest. In case if you want to disable USB storage, open the terminal and type the following commands :
Code:
cp /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext ~/backup/
sudo srm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
sudo reboot
Repeat these instructions every time a system update is installed. Tested on OS X v10.6.
Thanks
How to block USB Pen Drive in Mac.
Hi Rutil!!
I have analyzed your important question. Now I am giving you the appropriate commands by entering which you can block your usb drives. You can disable it permanently or block for a few moments.
You have to open the terminal. Then you should write down each word by separating with slash.
cp system Library Extensions IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext~backup sudo srm -rf System Library Extensions IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext sudo touch System Library Extensions sudo reboot.
I hope this will help you.
Thanks
Nowell