The Cortex XDR agent for Mac has the following requirements:
| Requirement | Specification |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Processor | <ul><li>Intel Pentium 4 or later with SSE2 instruction set support</li><li>AMD Opteron/Athlon 64 or later with SSE2 instruction set support</li><li>macOS based devices with Apple Silicon ARM Mx processors</li></ul> |
| RAM | 512 MB minimum; 2 GB recommended |
| Hard disk space | 5 GB minimum; 20 GB recommended |
| Operating system versions | <p>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 <a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/fZ8QSMnkjnXpuOeuRcam/">Where can I install the Cortex XDR Agent</a> for macOS.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p><strong>Note</strong></p><p>You can install the Cortex XDR agent for Mac only on endpoints running macOS.</p></div> |
| Networking | <ul><li>Allow communication on the TCP port from the Cortex XDR agent to server (the default is port 443).</li><li>Allow the Cortex XDR management console and agent to communicate with external and internal resources required for enforcing endpoint protection.</li></ul> |