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LockRattler for Mac

A quick check of macOS security protection systems.

Free
In English
Version 4.37
5.0
Based on 3 user rates

LockRattler overview

LockRattler is a simple and free app that checks some of the more important protection systems out. Decompress it, drop it into your Applications folder, run it, and click on its single button. It will then tell you the result of eight checks on those security systems:

  • whether SIP is enabled
  • whether XProtect assessments are enabled
  • the version numbers of your current data files for XProtect, Gatekeeper, Gatekeeper Disk checks, Kernel extension blocking, and Apple’s Malware Removal Tool (MRT)
  • and finally whether you have FileVault disk encryption active.

What’s new in version 4.37

  • Removed eficheck, as it’s now moribund or broken.

LockRattler for Mac

Free
In English
Version 4.37
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5.0

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Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Jul 26 2024
4.35
5.0
Jul 26 2024
5.0
Version: 4.35
v4.3.7 is out.
Aeschylus
Aeschylus
Jun 21 2022
4.35
5.0
Jun 21 2022
5.0
Version: 4.35
Simple + Great = Simply Great. An essential utility, updated in a timely fashion, and one of the most helpful devs there is.
Aargl
Aargl
Sep 18 2021
4.31
0.0
Sep 18 2021
0.0
Version: 4.31
Great app, as well as its sibling SilentKnight. Note that although those apps run in 10.11, the OS won't update any more Xprotect and MRT! (and those "available updates" won't show in LockRattler) The (relatively) good news is that the ones you'll download in 10.14 (MRTConfigData_10_14.pkg and XProtectPlistConfigData_10_14.pkg are the same and you can update them manually in 10.11 but there's no direct link — that's where this app is useful. ;-) As another user observed in the comments on the dev's site: "the 10_15 pkgs are currently for Catalina and Big Sur."
Macfool
Macfool
Dec 3 2020
4.30
5.0
Dec 3 2020
5.0
Version: 4.30
Here is the current info on this essential app an it's sibling SilentKnight. https://eclecticlight.co/2020/12/01/silentknight-1-15-and-lockrattler-4-30-do-more-on-big-sur-and-m1-macs/
Aeschylus
Aeschylus
Jun 21 2022
4.35
5.0
Jun 21 2022
5.0
Version: 4.35
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Sep 5 2021
4.31
5.0
Sep 5 2021
5.0
Version: 4.31
Macfool
Macfool
Dec 3 2020
5.0
Dec 3 2020
5.0
Version: null