“When you get a new Mac, how can you make sure you’ve set it up to be as secure as possible?” Glenn Fleishman writes for Macworld.
“If you walk through a completely fresh installation process, Apple tries to guide you into making the most-secure choices among alternatives,” Fleishman writes, “but it’s probably the worst time to try to sort out the options available and make those decisions.”
“A reader asked for advice for the next time they start from scratch, and I can offer that in this column. However, all of my suggestion can work just as well as later additions, whether you’re reinstalling OS X, installing and then migrating from a different Mac, or just continuing to use an existing installation,” Fleishman writes. “It’s better to set this up first, but it’s never to late to add layers.”
How to in the full article – recommended – here.
MacDailyNews Take: Good tips, especially the info about making clones and backups routine. Also, you want to make your Mac secure: Get rid of Adobe Flash!
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