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In El Capitan, Apple introduced System Integrity Protect (SIP, sometimes also known as rootless), a security feature that’s designed to help protect your Mac against malicious code. Prior to El Capitan, gaining access to your Mac’s most important system files simply required the admin password, which meant that anyone with access to this password could […]
Adding a password to your Mac is essential for helping to keep your sensitive files and personal information safe from prying eyes, but what happens if you forget or lose this password? Does it mean you can never log into your Mac again? Even if you haven’t password-protected your Mac’s login screen (and if you […]
Whenever you enter a password anywhere online, most modern web browsers will ask whether you want it to remember this password. While this feature can make your life easier, sometimes you might not want your web browser to remember your passwords. Perhaps you share your Mac with other people and don’t like the thought of […]
When it comes to keeping your Mac’s content safe from prying eyes, you have a couple of options, including hiding your files and folders so they don’t appear in your Mac’s ‘Finder’ or Spotlight searches, but another option is encrypting your files. Your Mac comes with a built-in text editor and encryption tool, known as […]
Is there a file or folder on your Mac that you’d prefer to keep under wraps? Maybe it’s a guilty-pleasure song or movie; perhaps you share your Mac with other users and are sick of them snooping around your folders, or maybe your Mac contains some particularly sensitive files, and you want the added security […]
If you share your Mac with someone else on a regular basis, then you’ll typically want to create an account for that person. This gives them the freedom to customize their settings and preferences, and gives you more privacy and security, compared to both of you sharing the same account. But what if someone only […]
With the rise of social networks, we’re all posting more photos online than ever before, but could the images you’re sharing online be revealing your exact GPS coordinates? Every time you snap a photo with your smartphone, tablet or digital camera, metadata (also sometimes known as EXIF data) is baked into the file. This metadata […]
Mac applications can arrive in a number of different formats, including packaged as PKG files. In the interests of keeping your Mac secure, you should never download any file that you’re suspicious about. However if you have downloaded a PKG and are starting to have second thoughts about the place you downloaded this file from, […]
Ask your typical Mac user to name the piece of software they use the most often, and chances are they’re going to say their web browser. But the more time you spend surfing the web, the more information your web browser gathers about you and your browsing habits. Most of this information is beneficial, helping […]
Although your Mac will lock automatically whenever you close the lid, for increased security you should try and get into the habit of locking your Mac every time you step away from it.
Yampolskiy said it was a common mistake to assume that Apple users were immune to this kind of attack.
Anyone who installed HandBrake for Mac needs to verify their system is not infected with a Trojan.
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