Sophos should be well aware that brand new Macs will be shipping only with Big Sur installed and whilst in theory all but M1 equipped models can still be downgraded to Catalina the fact these may (are) be being direct shipped to end users for deployment via DEP means end users are not going to be able to downgrade them.Įnterprise customers therefore - like myself will have to start considering whether to stay with Sophos or abandon them for a provider who can be better relied on. Other anti-virus vendors have released official Big Sur compatible versions last year leaving Sophos looking very tardy in comparison. It is now nearly the end of January 2021 and little progress is visible since November 2020. Yes Apple might make changes at the last minute but in theory you should still be more ready even if this happens and therefore have less additional work to do and incur less delay. However not only is it well known that Apple will release a new OS at roughly the same time each year, but Apple give advance access to betas to devs and ordinary users so that in theory developers like Sophos can be ready for the day it is officially released. I know software takes time to develop and for this type of software arguably greater testing needs to be done. Link to the Big Sur EAP on the Sophos Community Please check this KBA for up to date information: Sophos will support ARM-based CPUs, however, the details of that support will be provided at a later date. They require macOS 11 and additional testing and requirements. On-premise customers will also get a version of endpoint protection that is supported on macOS 11 but will not have access to an EAP or Preview ahead of full support.ĪRM-based CPUs are not currently supported. We plan to have an Early Access Program (EAP) available soon so that you can test it on your own machines.Īpple will release macOS 11 on the 12th November, we plan to create an EAP in Central to test this release soon, but do not support it yet.Ĭentral Device Encryption (CDE) for Mac version 1.5.3 does support macOS 11, this was rolled out recently but bear in mind that if you use both Endpoint and CDE you will still need to wait before upgrading to macOS 11. Please do not upgrade until we announce that we support it. Our Endpoint Protection does not yet support macOS 11 (Big Sur).

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