Install Take Control Client for Mac Manually

Last Modified

Wed Mar 15 13:45 GMT 2023

Description

  • How to remove and reinstall Take Control (integrated) client on a MAC computer manually.

Environment

  • N-able N-central 11.X +
  • macOS 10.X +
  • Steps may be similar for N-able RMM

Solution

  1. Uninstall Take Control from the Mac completely:
  • To achieve that you need to use a terminal window:
  • Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal app
  • Run following commands:
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/MSPAnywhereDaemonN-central.plist
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/MSPAnywhereHelperN-central.plist
sudo rm -rf /Library/"Take Control Agent N-able N-central "
sudo rm -rf /Applications/"Take Control Agent N-able N-central .app"
  1. Download the Take Control application from https://www.n-able.com/products/take-control/downloads
  1. Install Take Control
  • run following commands:
cd Downloads
unzip
MSPA_N-central_Installer_<version>
-d aa
cd aa
sudo ./aa/MSPA_Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/MSPA_Installer -s -mspid 001xxxxxx

(1xxxx is MSP ID, N-able N-central Activation ID of the partner), wait till installation finishes and couple of minutes later MAC will register itself and Take Control will be available.