Media

Use the Media settings to configure network access, hard disk media access, and disk media access.

Network Access & Logout

The following table describes the Network Access & Logout settings that you can configure on macOS devices:
Policy setting Description
Network Access The access settings for network media.
Allow AirDrop The use of AirDrop is allowed on the device.
Eject at Logout All removable media is ejected when the user logs out of the device.

Hard Disk Media Access

The following table describes the hard disk media management settings that you can configure on macOS devices:
Policy setting Description
Allow Internal Disks The internal hard disks are mounted on the device.
Require Authentication User authentication is required before the media is mounted on the device.
Require to Read-only The media is mounted on the device as read-only.
Allow External Disks The external disks such as SD cards and USB flash drives are mounted on the device.
Require Authentication User authentication is required before the media is mounted on the device.
Require to Read-only The media is mounted on the device as read-only.
Allow Disk Images Disk images are mounted on the device.
Require Authentication User authentication is required before the media is mounted on the device.
Require to Read-only The media is mounted on the device as read-only.
Allow DVD-RAM The DVD-RAM is mounted on the device.
Require Authentication User authentication is required before the media is mounted on the device.
Require to Read-Only The media is mounted on the device as read-only.

Disk Media Access

The following table describes the disk media access settings that you can configure on macOS devices:
Policy setting Description
Allow CDs and CD-ROMs CDs and CD-ROMs are mounted on the device.
Require Authentication User authentication is required before the media is mounted on the device.
Allow DVDs DVDs are mounted on the device.
Require Authentication User authentication is required before the media is mounted on the device.
Allow Recordable Disks Recordable disks are mounted on the device.
Require Authentication User authentication is required before the media is mounted on the device.