Network X-Ray > Documentation > Start Sensor

Overview

Network X-Ray is a sensor that needs to be started the first time you run the application.

To start the sensor, select the menu item Sensor > Start Sensor

If this is the first time you start the sensor, you will be prompted to go through several more steps - see the next several steps.

First time starting the sensor

Apple takes the protection of its users very seriously. The information that Network X-Ray accesses could be dangerous in the hands of malicious software or a company with bad intentions, so Apple makes sure you really, really want to run the software accessing this information.

If this is the first time you run the application, Apple will tell you the sensor’s extension is blocked until you confirm that you want to allow it. Click “Open Security Preferences” to grant the sensor the necessary privileges.

(If you accidentally clicked “OK”, the sensor won’t run. You will need to open “System Preferences” manually from the Apple menu and then click the “Security & Privacy” group.)

Security & Privacy window

The window below is the Security & Privacy window.

You will want to click the “Allow” button next to the text

System software from application “Network X-Ray” was blocked from loading.

but that button is disabled. To enable it, click the lock button in the lower left corner. When you do that, you will be prompted for your Mac password to enable the “Allow” button.

Allow button is enabled

Once you’ve unlocked the Security and Privacy pane, the “Allow” button is enabled. Click it.

Final “Allow”

Apple really, really wants to make sure you want to run this application, so it prompts you one more time with a final window. Click “Allow”, and your sensor will start.