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Running Identity Finder on Mac OS X

The UIT Identity Finder package that has been installed on your computer comes preconfigured with all of the proper settings to scan your computer. The following walk through provides an overview of the steps involved when scanning your computer and managing the scan results.

Please read through the guide before scanning your computer, and if you have issues, do not hesitate to contact your FSP or Support Provider.

Installing Identity Finder

If this is the first time that you have installed Identity Finder, you may be prompted to provide an Administrator username and password if your account is not running with Administrator privileges. The extended access is required to install the applications within the Applications folder and set system-wide Identity Finder configurations. If you do not know the administrator username or password, please contact your FSP.

If you were not prompted to provide these credentials, you are most likely running as an Admin user. UIT strongly recommends against this. Contact your FSP to discuss how you can shift the admin privileges over to a separate account that you can utilize when required (such as when installing a tool like Identity Finder).

Minimize False Positives

In order to minimize potential false positives, we recommend clearing your web browser's cache and compacting your Thunderbird mailboxes:

  • If you use Firefox - clear the browser cache
    • Open Firefox
    • Click "Tools
    • Depending on the version, either click "Clear Private Data" or "Clear Recent History". If given a choice of a time range to clear, choose "Everything"
    • If you see an arrow next to the word "Details" click that
    • Place a check in the box next to "Cache"
    • Depending on the version, either click "Clear Private Data Now" or "Clear Now"
  • If you use Thunderbird - compact the mailboxes
    • Click on "Local Folders" along the left column
    • Click the "File" menu
    • Click "Compact Folders"

Launch Identity Finder

Once Identity Finder has been installed, you can launch it by double clicking the Identity Finder icon located within your Applications folder:

You will most likely be prompted to update the 'AnyFind Definitions'. Please click 'Yes' when the following window pops up:

Click the 'Start' Button

Because everything has been preconfigured for you, you don't have to change any of the scan settings. Just click Start and wait for the process to complete.

Because the software will open every file on your computer the scan may take a few hours to finish. The software is polite while scanning and will not consume all of your system resources. Like anti-virus software, it can continue to run in the background while you use your computer.

Once the scan is complete, the next step is to manage the scan results.

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