Use the GlobalProtect App for macOS

Connect to the GlobalProtect portal or gateway.
You can determine if you are connected by checking the GlobalProtect system tray icon. If you are not connected, the icon is gray ( ), and
Disconnected
appears when you hover over the icon.
Launch the GlobalProtect app by clicking the system tray icon. The status panel opens.
(
Optional
) If you are logging in to the GlobalProtect app for the first time, enter the FQDN or IP address of the GlobalProtect portal, and then click
Connect
.
(
Optional
) If multiple portals are saved on your app, select a portal from the
Portal
drop-down. By default, the most recently connected portal is pre-selected from the
Portal
drop-down.
(
Optional
) By default, you are automatically connected to the
Best Available
gateway, based on the configuration that the administrator defines and the response times of the available gateways. To connect to a different gateway, click the gateway drop-down and then use one of the following options:
Select a gateway manually (external gateways only). This option is only available if your administrator enables manual gateway selection.
Assign and automatically connect to a preferred gateway:
From the status panel, click the Settings ( ) icon to open the settings menu.
Select
Preferred Gateway
to open the GlobalProtect: Preferred Gateway dialog.

From the list of available gateways, select the gateway that you want to set as the preferred gateway and then
Set as Preferred
.

Close
the dialog.
If you no longer want to connect to the gateway automatically, you can also remove the preferred gateway assignment:
From the status panel, click the Settings ( ) icon to open the settings menu.
Select
Preferred Gateway
to open the GlobalProtect: Preferred Gateway dialog.
From the list of available gateways, select the preferred gateway and then
Remove Preferred
.
Close
the dialog.
(
Optional
) Depending on the connection mode, click
Connect
to initiate the connection.
(
Optional
) If prompted, enter your
Username
and
Password
and then
Sign In
.
If your administrator has allowed you to use biometric (fingerprint) information to sign in, you need to first sign-in with a username and password twice (once to save it and again to authenticate); you can then use biometric information to sign in.
If your system administrator has enabled the
GlobalProtect System Extensions
, you must enable the system extensions in macOS that was blocked from loading to use the split tunnel and Enforce GlobalProtect for Network Access features.
Users do not need administrator privileges to allow both the
Network Extensions Configuration
pop-up prompts. Your administrator can suppress these message prompts by using the mobile device management system (MDM) such as Jamf Pro to automatically load the network extensions without receiving these prompts. Refer to the knowledge base article at https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA14u000000HAW8 for information on how to enable system and network extensions using Jamf Pro.
(
macOS Catalina 10.15.4 or later and macOS Big Sur 11 or later only
) If your system administrator has configured split tunnel based on domains and applications on the GlobalProtect gateway or enabled the Enforce GlobalProtect Connections for Network Access feature, select
Allow
in the following pop-up prompt:

If you select
Don’t Allow
, the Split Tunnel feature cannot be used on the GlobalProtect app, the Enforce GlobalProtect Connections for Network Access feature will not work, and the GlobalProtect connections for network access cannot be enforced. This pop-up prompt will appear the next time you connect to the portal or gateway or until you select
Allow
.
When the app connects in external mode, the GlobalProtect system tray icon displays a shield ( ), and
Connected
appears when you hover over the icon. When the app connects in internal mode, the GlobalProtect system tray icon displays a house ( ), and
Internal Network
appears when you hover over the icon.
Open the GlobalProtect app.
Click the GlobalProtect system tray icon to launch the app interface.
View information about your network connection.
After you launch the app, click the settings icon ( ) on the status panel to open the settings menu. Select
Settings
to open the
GlobalProtect Settings
panel, and then select one of the following tabs to view information about your network connection:
General

—Displays the username and portal(s) associated with the GlobalProtect account. You can also add, delete, or modify portals from this tab.



Connection

—Lists the gateways configured for the GlobalProtect app and provides the following information about each gateway:

Gateway name
Tunnel status
Authentication status
Connection type
Gateway IP address or FQDN (only available in external mode)

For internal mode, the

Connection

tab displays the entire list of available gateways. For external mode, the

Connection

tab displays only the gateway to which you are connected and additional details about the gateway (such as the gateway IP address, location, and uptime).





Host Profile

—Displays the endpoint data that GlobalProtect uses to monitor and enforce security policies using the Host Information Profile (HIP). Click

Resubmit Host Profile

to manually resubmit HIP data to the gateway.

If your administrator configures the

Severity

value for missing patches as a HIP match condition, use the following mappings between the GlobalProtect severity values and the OPSWAT severity ratings to understand what each value means:

Severity Value Displayed on the GlobalProtect App	OPSWAT Severity Rating
0	Low
1	Moderate
2	Important
3	Critical



Troubleshooting

—Enables you to

Collect Logs

and set the

Logging Level

.


(
Optional
) Log in using a new password.
If your GlobalProtect administrator configures the GlobalProtect portal agent to
Save User Credentials
, your credentials are automatically saved to the GlobalProtect app. If your password for accessing the corporate network changes, you must log in to GlobalProtect using your new password.
Launch the GlobalProtect app by clicking the system tray icon. The status panel opens.
Click the settings icon ( ) to open the settings menu.
Select
Settings
to open the
GlobalProtect Settings
panel.
On the
General
tab of the
GlobalProtect Settings
panel,
Sign Out
to clear your saved user credentials from the GlobalProtect app.
After you clear your user credentials, you can reconnect to GlobalProtect with your new username and password.
(
Optional
) Disconnect from GlobalProtect.
If your administrator configures GlobalProtect with the
On-Demand
connect method, you can disconnect from GlobalProtect by clicking
Disconnect
on the status panel.