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Defender Support on Apple Silicon Devices using Rosetta 2

Updated on Feb 24, 2026

With the release of Apple Silicon and the new M1 processor, Kanguru's line of Defender products will work all the same with Apple's new Rosetta 2 feature!

When connecting your Defender device for the first time, Apple OS will prompt you with a "To open "KDM", you need to install Rosetta. Do you want to install it now?"

In order to mount your Defender Drive, you will need to install the Rosetta software.

Once installed, you will never be prompted to install Rosetta again and you may use your Defender Product as normal.

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* iStorage/Kanguru defines a gigabyte (1 GB) = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Storage capacities may vary depending on operating system. The actual capacity reported by systems like Windows is often lower. In Windows operating systems, an xx GB [e.g., 16 GB] flash drive has a minimum reported capacity of xx GB [e.g., 14.4 GB]. Product storage capacity is also used for device formatting and internal functions. For additional information, see www.kanguru.com/pages/understanding-flash-drive-storage-capacity.

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Defender Support on Apple Silicon Devices using Rosetta 2

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