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This document is an installation guide for the Promise Pegasus Driver on M1 Macs running macOS 11 or later. It details the necessary steps to enable system extensions by adjusting the Boot Policy and provides a step-by-step process for installing the driver. Users must ensure their Boot Policy settings are correct before proceeding with the installation to allow third-party kernel extensions.

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20201209_Promise_Pegasus_Driver_Installation_Guide_on_M1_Mac_v1

This document is an installation guide for the Promise Pegasus Driver on M1 Macs running macOS 11 or later. It details the necessary steps to enable system extensions by adjusting the Boot Policy and provides a step-by-step process for installing the driver. Users must ensure their Boot Policy settings are correct before proceeding with the installation to allow third-party kernel extensions.

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Promise Pegasus Driver on M1 Mac

Installation Guide

Version 1.0
Date: Dec, 2020

Copyright © 2020, Promise Technology, Inc.


All rights reserved
Table of Contents

Enable System Extensions .............................................................................................................1

Steps for Installing Promise Pegasus Driver...................................................................................4

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Enable System Extensions
M1 Mac running macOS 11 or later requires a one-time change to the Boot Policy before you install
the Promise Pegasus Driver. Follow the instruction in this section if the Boot Policy setting has not
yet been changed. First check to see if the Boot Policy needs to be changed.

Check Boot Policy settings to determine if they need to be changed:

System Information -> Hardware -> Controller -> Boot Policy

To allow third-party kernel extension (kexts), Secure Boot should be set to Reduced Security,
and All Kernel Extensions should be allowed.

If the current settings are:

− Secure Boot: Reduced Security

− Allow All Kernel Extensions: Yes

Then the Boot Policy is already setup properly, you can skip ahead to Steps for Installing
Promise Pegasus Driver to begin the driver installation. If not, then change the Boot Policy
by following the instructions below.

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To change the Boot Policy to the proper settings, follow these instructions:

1. Shutdown your Mac

2. Press and hold the power button to enter Recovery mode.

3. Choose Options, and click Continue.


Go to Utilities -> Startup Security Utility.

4. Set the security level to Reduced Security, choose the option to


“Allow user management of kernel extensions from identified developers” and click
OK to continue.

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5. Reboot normally back to macOS.

Check the Boot Policy to make sure the settings are correct,
System Information -> Hardware -> Controller -> Boot Policy.

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Steps for Installing Promise Pegasus Driver
Follow instructions in the wizard to install the Promise Pegasus Driver:

1. Double-click the .pkg driver installation file. Note that the file name begins with
“R_MacDrv” followed by the version number. The installer appears. Click Continue to
begin the installation.

2. Click Install to perform a standard installation.

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3. Enter your password to allow the installation.

4. Driver installation takes a few minutes.

5. The System Extension Blocked message will appear. To allow the loading of Promise
Pegasus Driver, Choose Open Security Preferences, or open System Preferences and go
to the General page of Security & Privacy.

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6. Click the lock icon to allow changes in Security & Privacy.

7. Enter your password to unlock Security & Privacy preferences.

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8. Click Allow to allow loading system software from developer “Promise Technology
Mobile Apps”

9. Restart is required to load the new kext

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After restarting your computer, you can check your installed version and other information. Open
System Information -> Extensions-> then find the extension name PromiseSTEX.

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