Apple producing their computers with a lot of security features already in them. Mac OS X is one of the most secure operating systems in the market. Still a lot of people make mistakes while using their computers on their daily bases. These mistakes can notably weaken the security of their operation system. To be sure that you computer secure we will consider how to secure your user account, your web browsing, and we will maximize the privacy.
Let’s start with securing your user account. This is very important, because the computer is as secure as the user. Securing the user gives no chance to unwanted access to you computer. First thing is setting up the password. So only you will be able to access you user account and all your files, applications, and browsing history. …show more content…
It is important to rotate you password. That way even if someone had to know your password it will not work once you have changed it. It is recommended to change you system account password once in between six months to one year. To set up the password on your OS X, open Apple menu and select “System Preferences.” Then go to Users & Groups >Your User Account >Password. Next, select “Change/Set Password” button. In the next dialog box you will be able to set up you password. Make sure you remember you password. You will need it to log in to your user account and to make any other changes to your system. Now next very important step is to secure your hard drive. Password we set before controls only your login and access to your account. And all of the files on the computer are written to the hard drive. Password doesn’t save you from someone who can get physical access to the hard drive of your computer by connecting your mac to another machine or removing the hard drive and placing it to another computer. Apple solved this problem by creating FileVault. This feature encrypts entire hard drive with its files. And the only way to unencrypt the files is the access to user password or to the recovery key. It is easy process to set up FileVault to encrypt your Mac. All you need is to get to System Preferences>Security & Privacy>FileVault. And click “Turn On FileVault…” button. Make sure to write down and keep somewhere safe the passcode that will be presented. Now, when you are secure on user base, let’s secure your web browsing Web browsing is one of the biggest uses of computing today. It is very important to be safe online. Internet could be very dangerous, you are not secure it is easy for the hackers to trick you and your system, and get access to any of you personal information. First thing to be safe online is disabling Java. It is very rare when Mac users get viruses or Trojans, but then they do they are often originated from Java running in the web browser. To prevent Java applets from executing on pages when browsing the web in Safari, simply head over to Safari > Preferences > Security, and uncheck the box labeled “Enable Java.” Java is a programming language that many websites use. And the Java Applets are small programs that Java executes in the browser. That way websites could install harmful pieces of software onto your computer. Then Java