Allowed Media Control

License: Gold

Allowed Media Control configuration manages mounting, unmounting, and eject on logout for various physical media in macOS.

You can set the following options:

Setting

What To Do

Name

Enter a name that identifies this configuration.

Description

Enter a description that clarifies the purpose of this configuration.

Configuration Setup

Mount control for media types  
Turn on the mount control for each media type and set the mount settings. If you turn off the mount control, then OS default setting will apply.
Media Type Mount Settings
  • CD
  • DVD
  • BD
  • Read-only with authentication
  • Deny Mount
  • Eject Media
  • Blank CD
  • Blank DVD
  • Bland BD
  • DVD-RAM
  • Disk Image
  • Internal Hard Disk
  • External Hard Disk
  • Network Disk
  • Read-only
  • Deny Mount
  • Eject Media
  • Authenticate
  • External Hard Disk includes USB HDD, USB Flash Drive storage, and SD-Cards.
  • Read-only media such as CD, DVD, and BD are mounted as read-only by default.
Unmount control for media types
Turn on the unmount control for each media type and set the unmount settings. If you turn off the Unmount control, then OS default setting will apply. Exercise caution when you set Deny Unmount setting for media types.
Media Type Mount Settings
  • CD
  • DVD
  • BD
  • Blank CD
  • Blank DVD
  • Bland BD
  • DVD-RAM
  • Disk Image
  • Internal Hard Disk
  • External Hard Disk
  • Network Disk
  • Deny Unmount
  • Authenticate
Eject on logout settings
Media types to be ejected automatically when the user logs out.
Media Type

 
  • CD
  • DVD
  • BD
  • Blank CD
  • Blank DVD
  • Bland BD
  • DVD-RAM
  • Disk Image
  • External Hard Disk
  • Network Disk

 

Distributing the configuration

Procedure

  1. Set the options using the preceding table.
  2. Click Next.
  3. Select the Enable this configuration option.
  4. Select one of the following distribution options:
    • All Devices
    • No Devices (default)
    • Custom
  5. Click Done.