- Connect your scanner to your Mac, plug it in, and turn it on. Choose Apple menu System Preferences, then click Printers & Scanners. Select your scanner in the list at the left, then click Open Scanner on.
- If you have only Mac OSX running you don't need to run any security scan. If any major security risk exists Apple offers Security Updates. Just don't install any applications not needed, If you run Windows that is a different story.
- How to run Mac diagnostics. Running a hardware test on Mac may seem like a complicated process, but believe us — that's not: Disconnect all the peripheral devices (printer, cables, external DVD drive) except the keyboard, mouse, display, and speakers. Make sure your Mac is connected to mains power and the internet. Select Apple Menu Restart.
Click the Spotlight search icon on the Finder menu bar, type Disk Utility, and press Return. (From within Launchpad, click the Utilities folder and then click the Disk Utility icon.) In the list on the left side of the.
Currently, the FORScan software only runs with Windows OS and does not support Mac OS X computers. However, you can still run the software by using a Windows emulator on your Mac computer. In this guide, we'll show you how to run the FORScan software on your Mac OS X computer using the VirtualBox Windows 10 OS emulator.
Step 1:
How to open windows programs on mac. Install the latest version of FTDI driver for Mac OS X. You can download the driver here: https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
Step 2:
Install the latest version of VirtualBox Extension Pack for Mac OS X hosts. Download it here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Step 3:
Connect the OHP USB ELM device to the USB port of your computer but DON'T plug it in yet on your vehicle.
How To Run Virus Scan On Macbook
Step 4:
Go to the VirtualBox port settings and enable the USB 3.0 and the FTDI FT232R USB UART [0600] device.
Step 5:
How To Run Scan On Macbook For Virus
Download and install the Windows 10 FTDI driver via the setup.exe package. Download it here: https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
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Step 6:
Restart the Windows 10 VirtualBox machine.
Step 7:
Plug in the OHP USB ELM device to your vehicle.
Step 8:
Run the FORScan software on the Windows 10 VirtualBox machine.
This guide originally appeared on the official FORScan forum. Special thanks to the FORScan community and to mkillewald for compiling and verifying this guide.
To run FORScan in Mac OS X using the VirtualBox emulator, you will need this OBD2 USB device:
