Instructions on how to activate the product subscription.
After installing the product, you need to activate it.
- You can embed the subscription key into the product package name. The product will be activated during the installation process.
- You can active the product using the activator tool that is distributed with F-Secure Computer Protection for Mac versions 17.8.32555 and newer.
Note: When renewing a subscription, you do not need to activate it.
There are two ways to activate it automatically without any user interaction.
To activate the subscription:
Note: You need to have internet access to activate the subscription.
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- To activate the product by embedding the subscription key into the product package name, do one of the following:
- Select the subscription key while downloading product installation package from the F-Secure Elements EPP portal
- Change the product package manually so that it looks as follows: F-Secure_PSB_Mac_Installer[XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX].pkg.
Note: If the software management tool does not accept square brackets, you can use double underscore as an alternative solution: F-Secure_PSB_Mac_Installer__XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX__.pkg.
- To activate the product by embedding the subscription key into the product package name, do one of the following:
The product will be activated during the installation process.
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- To activate the product using the activator tool, enter the following command:
/Library/F-Secure/bin/activator –subscription-key “<subscription key>”
Note: The activator tool is distributed with F-Secure Computer Protection for Mac versions 17.8.32555 and newer.