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How to Install Wireshark on MacOS?

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Wireshark is computer software that is used for capturing and analyzing data packets, it is a powerful cyber security tool and is widely used by cyber security engineers for troubleshooting network problems. It was first released in 1998 and the stable release was in 2022. It is written in C and C++ programming languages. The development credit of this software goes to Gerald Combs. It is free and open-source software that can be used on several platforms like MacOS, Windows, Linux, etc. In this article, we will learn how to install Wireshark on Mac.

Installing Wireshark on MacOS

Follow the below steps to install Wireshark on MacOS:

Step 1: Visit the official Wireshark website on any web browser.

Visit-the-official-Wireshark-website

Step 2: Click on the download button.

Click-on-the-download-button

Step 3: On the new web page, choose the operating system so let’s take macOS Intel, downloading will start automatically.

Select-Operating-System

Step 4: Now check for the executable file in downloads in your system and run it.

Check-for-the-executable

Step 5: Introduction screen will appear so click on Continue.

Click-on-the-continue-button

Step 6: The next screen will be of License Agreement, click on Continue again.

License-Agreement

Step 7: Next screen is of changing installation location so don’t change anything and click on the Install button.

Click-on-the-Install-button

Step 8: Installation will begin and will hardly take a minute.

Wait-for-the-installation-process-to-complete

Step 9: Once the installation is complete, click the Close button.

Click-the-Close-button

Step 10: Wireshark is successfully installed on the system and an icon is created on the desktop.

Wireshark-is-successfully-installed

Step 11: Now run the software and see the interface.

Wireshark-is-ready-to-use

So this is how we successfully installed Wireshark on the MacOS system.


Last Updated : 23 Mar, 2022
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