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Integrating with other products
You can integrate IBM® Connections applications with other products and features.
Installing integration plug-ins for IBM Connections
Access and update your Connections content from other applications.
IBM Connections for Mac
The IBM Connections for Mac supports features for you to share and access the latest version of an IBM Connections file.
Performing a silent installation
Administrators can silently upgrade or install IBM® Connections for Mac from the Terminal application. User notification is disabled during the silent installation, except in error cases such as notification of failed prerequisites.

Integrating with other products
You can integrate IBM® Connections applications with other products and features.
- Connections Engagement Center
  Connections Engagement Center provides the corporate office, management, and workforce with a single user experience for all communications, as well as a state of the art enterprise social collaboration features and the possibility of adding custom applications. All this runs at the office and on all mobile devices, so the entire workforce – from CEO to intern – can access this most valuable tool regardless of where they are, what their role is, or what devices they prefer.
- Installing integration plug-ins for IBM Connections
  Access and update your Connections content from other applications.
  - IBM® Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft™ Windows™
    Use the plug-ins to share files and information between Microsoft™ Windows™ applications and IBM® Connections or IBM Connections Cloud.
  - IBM Connections for Mac
    The IBM Connections for Mac supports features for you to share and access the latest version of an IBM Connections file.
    - Performing a user installation
      Users can install IBM® Connections for Mac following these steps.
    - Performing a silent installation
      Administrators can silently upgrade or install IBM® Connections for Mac from the Terminal application. User notification is disabled during the silent installation, except in error cases such as notification of failed prerequisites.
    - Policies and preferences for IBM Connections for Mac
      Set preferences and policies to control how users interact with IBM® Connections for Mac.
    - Uninstalling the IBM Connections for Mac plug-in
      Users can remove IBM® Connections for Mac following these steps.
    - Using file sync for IBM Connections for Mac
      Use IBM Connections for Mac to keep local files in sync with copies of those files on the server.
  - IBM® Connections Plug-ins for IBM Notes
    Use the IBM® Connections Plug-ins for IBM Notes to have easy access to Connections content from the Notes® sidebar.
- Using the IBM Connections desktop plug-ins for Microsoft™ Windows™
  Use this plug-in to upload and work with files in IBM® Connections from Microsoft™ Windows™ Explorer and Microsoft Office.
- Using file sync for IBM Connections for Mac
  Use IBM Connections for Mac to keep local files in sync with copies of those files on the server.
- Using the Connections plug-in for Microsoft Office and Outlook
  Use the plug-ins to share files and information between Microsoft™ Windows™ applications and IBM® Connections or IBM Connections Cloud.
- Using plug-ins from IBM® Connections with other products
  Get help using the plug-ins that integrate the capabilities of IBM® Connections with other products.
- Sharing IBM Connections Files in Slack
  Allow users in Slack to open an IBM Connections file picker, select a file, and share a link to that file in a Slack channel or a direct message.

Performing a silent installation

Administrators can silently upgrade or install IBM® Connections for Mac from the Terminal application. User notification is disabled during the silent installation, except in error cases such as notification of failed prerequisites.

About this task

A silent installation uses the same installation program that the graphical user interface (GUI) version uses. However, instead of displaying a wizard interface, the silent installation reads all of your responses from parameters that you pass to the command line. In order for the installation to work successfully, you must run the silent installation from the directory where you extracted the plug-in files. You must be running OS X 10.8 or later.

Procedure

Download the plug-in from the IBM Connections Cloud
download package or from the IBM® Connections catalog at the following website:https://xspy.mybluemix.net/.
Extract the file.
Open a Terminal window and navigate to the directory where you saved IBMConnectionsMac.pkg.
Type sudo Installer -pkg <package name> -target <destination volume>.

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