Mac OS Installation Notes: 1. Install Splunk 2. Don't start Splunk yet... 3. Copy & overwrite the cracked splunkd to /Applications/Splunk/bin/ 4. Disable Splunk File Integrity Check by editing the limits.conf located in /Applications/Splunk/etc/system/default Search for: installed_files_integrity = enabled Change to: installed_files_integrity = disabled 5. Disable Splunk Automatic checking for new versions by editing the web.conf located in /Applications/Splunk/etc/system/default Search for: updateCheckerBaseURL = https://quickdraw.splunk.com/js/ Change to: updateCheckerBaseURL = 0 6. Start Splunk, login, and install included splunk-enterprise.lic [Settings => Licensing => Add License => splunk-enterprise.lic => Restart... ]