One of the major reasons why Macintosh stays on the top position of Operating System is its exclusivity and the safe environment the OS offers for different purposes — let that be writing, developing or the basic browsing stuff. It can be seen that even when other platforms were bombarded with lots of offline and online threats, Mac stood still thus offering the best-level protection for users and their information stored. That having said, if you are really conscious as it comes to the case of security, it’s high-time that you should ensure the best protection for your Mac. And, if you are thinking about having additional layer of protection, one of the best ways to do that is to install Bitdefender on Mac.
As you might know, Bitdefender is one of the most popular antivirus tools out there, which offers protection suite to protect your Macintosh devices as well. As a matter of fact, it’s a why-take-risk scenario when you install Bitdefender in your Mac, given that there are developers and hackers trying to dig into the crux of the environment. In this post, we shall have a clear idea on how to install Bitdefender on your Mac, in a quite systematic manner.
To Be Noted
Here, in this article, we’re going to have a fully-fledged tutorial to install Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac (2016 version) in an easy manner. There are several features included in the package such as protection from adware, zero impact on performance of your Mac, Bitdefender Autopilot etc. At the same time, you are secured from online threats such as the ones you face during online shopping and all. Now, we think we should move on to the actual tutorial.
How to Install Bitdefender on Mac
By the way, before we move on, you have the responsibility to make sure that you have subscribed the Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac. Once that has been done right, you can move on to the real process. By the way, if you would like to save some money while purchasing the package, you can use some Bitdefender coupons, which are a good thing.
Step 1:
First of all, you have to log on to your Bitdefender Central Account. Bitdefender Central is a section that takes care of all the antivirus subscriptions you have made, and the page gives you details about the various sections, such as your software validity, web-based features etc. So, provide your credentials and log onto Bitdefender Central. Create one, if you don’t have account (When you buy Bitdefender from official website you are basically creating Bitdefender central account and getting your subscription to your email)
Step 2:
In the page, you have to open the panel named ‘My Devices’ or My subscription. In this page, you will be able to see the list of devices if you have installed Bitdefender antivirus prior in any of your other devices.
Step 3
On the right top section of the page, you can see an option named ‘Install Bitdefender’ Click on that option to move forward. Or if you have open the subscriptions page you will see the “+” button there. You can click on that as shown in the above image.
Step 4
Now, you can see a new window opening. Given that you are opening the Bitdefender Central page from your Mac, it will show a button for downloading the set-up wizard of Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac. Click on the ‘Download’ button to begin process of downloading.
Step 5
A particular installation wizard would be downloaded to your Macintosh device in a few seconds or so. Probably, the file would be located in the Downloads folder. You can see the file like this:
Now, you can go to the particular folder and double-click on that file to get it opened.
Keep Clicking Next.
Step 6
It will ask to enter your Mac’s password to proceed with the installation.
Given that you choose the appropriate options, the wizard will take care of the installation of Bitdefender on Mac of yours, and it may take a few minutes or so.
After that it will start the downloading of whole application from the internet.
Since the installation process involves the process of downloading entire antivirus suite, it’s good to have an internet connection with good speed.
Final Step
As we said, once the installation has been completed, you can see the fully-fledged interface of Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac, available in an intuitive manner, quite usable.
Now on wards, you can have best protection for various kinds of issues such as cyber security, scanning and all.
Extra Reading:
- How to Uninstall Bitdefender 2016 from Mac
- 3 Best Antivirus Programs for Mac
- Does your Mac Really Needs an Antivirus Program?
Before We End
So, we have shown you the systematic steps for installing Bitdefender in your Macintosh device. As we have said, the process is comparatively simpler, especially if you are using the support of your Bitdefender Central Account, not to mention the availability of different subscriptions in one plane. And, as we mentioned, you can save some time if you can use Bitdefender coupons while purchasing the solution.
