Spirion for macOS: Recommended Configuration Settings

Recommended Configuration

Spirion Settings

  1. Open Spirion and enter in your password
  2. If you are prompted with the Search Setup, click Cancel
  3. In the Spirion window, Select Preferences

AnyFind

Social Security Numbers

  1. Uncheck Only when location contains keyword
  2. Uncheck Only in Excel and CSV files

File Types

  1. Under Search the following file types:, Select Search all files
  2. Check Include Compressed Files
  3. Check Include locally mounted volumes when searching entire computer
  4. Check Include remote volumes when searching entire computer

Optional Configuration

Custom Folders

Use this setting if you would like to scan specific folders, instead of your entire computer. This is useful for external drives, file shares, or encrypted containers.

  1. Click on ... next to the Folder: text box
  2. In the Browse for Folder Window, select the location or directory you would like to include. Click Ok
  3. The directory path should appear in the Folder: text box. Click Add
  4. The directory path should appear under the folder location

Data Types

Spirion selected data types

The recommended data types to scan for is:

  • Social Security
  • Credit Card
  • Bank Account
  • Drivers License
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Article ID: 1814
Created: Wed, 03 Jun 2020 2:01pm
Modified: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 5:16pm