Cortex XDR Agent for Mac Requirements - Mac (macOS) endpoints must meet the following requirements to install the Cortex XDR agent 8.2 - Administrator Guide - 8.4 - Cortex XDR Agent - Cortex XDR - Advanced Endpoint Protection - Cortex - Security Operations

Cortex XDR Agent Administrator Guide
Product
Cortex XDR Agent
Cortex XDR
Version
8.4
Creation date
2024-02-26
Last date published
2025-07-19
End_of_Life
EoL
Category
Administrator Guide
Abstract

Mac (macOS) endpoints must meet the following requirements to install the Cortex XDR agent 8.2

The Cortex XDR agent for Mac has the following requirements:

Requirement

Specification

Processor

  • Intel Pentium 4 or later with SSE2 instruction set support

  • AMD Opteron/Athlon 64 or later with SSE2 instruction set support

  • macOS based devices with Apple Silicon ARM Mx processors

RAM

512 MB minimum; 2 GB recommended

Hard disk space

5 GB minimum; 20 GB recommended

Operating system versions

Palo Alto Networks supports Cortex XDR agent on many operating systems. To determine the minimum Cortex XDR agent release for a specific operating system, refer to Where can I install the Cortex XDR Agent.

Note

You can install the Cortex XDR agent for Mac only on endpoints running macOS.

Networking

  • Allow communication on the TCP port from the Cortex XDR agent to server (the default is port 443).

  • Allow the Cortex XDR management console and agent to communicate with external and internal resources required for enforcing endpoint protection.