In a work environment, I'm trying to "lock down" a mac computer so that files can't be transferred via USB storage device.
Problem is, keybord and mouse are plugged in through USB, but I would still need those enabled, plus the keyboard has two more USB ports on either side. I could use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard to get around that, but then how can I disable the USB ports (And later re-enable with admin access)?
Or is there a way to limit the amount of data sent to/from as USB port? A keyboard and mouse wouldn't use that much, so then anything every X bytes/sec would get blocked? I'm not sure what the solution is here.
Best Answer
I think what you want to do is prevent the connection of USB Mass Storage Devices.
I found this answer which is untested by me and not terribly recent, but I can see that the referenced kext is still in the location described:
Source: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2105022?start=0&tstart=0