Viewing patch information with the Patches for Mac Overview dashboard

View the breakdown of security and non-security Mac patches that are needed in your deployment. The Patches for Mac Overview dashboard displays a summary of patch information for Mac computers in your deployment using tables, graphs, and pie charts.

To access the dashboard, subscribe to the Patching Support site then go to the Patch Management domain and click > OS Vendors > Reports > Patches for Mac Overview.

You must also subscribe to any of the following sites, which is where the dashboard gathers data:

Patches for Mac OS X site
Updates for Mac Applications site

The dashboard has the following tabs:

Patches for Mac Overview
Security Patches Overview
Non-Security Patches Overview

Note: In Endpoint Manager versions 9.0 and 9.1, the value for the Latest Patches for Mac in the Patches for Mac Overview tab gathers the date from the Updates for Mac Applications site only. It does not include the latest date from the Patches for Mac OS X site.

Patches for Mac Overview tab

The Patches for Mac Overview tab provides a quick summary of your Mac remediation and is divided into different sections.

Table 1. Patches for Mac Overview tab
The following table lists the sections available in the Patches for Mac Overview tab.
Section	Description
Mac Patches Information	Identifies the breakdown of security and non-security patches, and the total number that is needed in the deployment.
Deployment Information	Identifies the date of the latest patches for Mac and a breakdown of the number of BigFix and Mac agents that are deployed.
Top Ten Computers with the Highest Number of Applicable Patches	Lists the 10 computers with the most number of applicable patches. Clicking the computer ID redirects you to the details of the selected computer.
Applicable Fixlets by Category	Shows the percentage of updates by the following categories: Update and Security.
Applicable Fixlets by OS	Shows the percentage of updates by version of the operating system.

Note: Hovering the mouse over the pie charts displays the computer count.

Security Patches Overview tab

The Security Patches Overview tab provides a quick summary of your security patches and is divided into different sections.

Table 2. Security Patches Overview tab
The following table lists the sections available in the Security Patches Overview tab.
Section	Description
Security Patches Information	Identifies the breakdown of security patches for operating systems and applications, and the total number of security patches that are needed in the deployment.
Applicable Fixlets of Security Updates	Shows the number of applicable Fixlets of Security Updates, according to the operating system and application.
Applicable Fixlets of Security Update by OS	Shows the number of Applicable Fixlets by operating system.
Applicable Fixlets of Security Update by Vendor	Shows the number of Applicable Fixlets by Vendor for the operating system. Note: You must click the chart bars on the lower-left corner to select the operating system.

Note: Hovering the mouse over the pie charts displays the computer count.

Figure 2. Security Patches Overview tab

Non-Security Patches Overview tab

The Patch for Non-Security tab provides a quick summary of your non-security patches and is divided into different sections.

Table 3. Patches for Non-Security Patches Overview tab
The following table lists the sections available in the Patch for Non-Security tab.
Section	Description
Non-Security Patches Information	Identifies the breakdown of non-security patches for operating systems and applications, and the total number of security patches that are needed in the deployment.
Applicable Fixlets of Non-Security Updates	Shows the number of applicable Fixlets of Non-Security Updates, according to the operating system and application.
Applicable Fixlets of Non-Security Update by OS	Shows the number of Applicable Fixlets by operating system.
Applicable Fixlets of Non-Security Update by Vendor	Shows the number of Applicable Fixlets by Vendor for the operating system. Note: You must click the chart bars on the lower-left corner to select the operating system.

Note: Hovering the mouse over the pie charts displays the computer count.

Figure 4. Non-Security Patches Overview tab