Apple macOS security features

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Apple’s new operating system is doubling down on security by checking for malware at startup and fixing vulnerabilities. Macs do get viruses, but Apple is serious about protecting your data. Keep your Mac updated when the new OS comes out. And pay attention to the Apple event later today. Ultimately, it’s up to you to keep an eye on how safe you are.

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As a MacJunky, and have been a MacJunky for many years, I keep my eye on what’s going on in the Apple ecosystem, specifically for Macs. Obviously, I deal with iPhones and iPads and stuff, but I’m the MacJunky, not the iPhoneJunky, right?

So when I read an article, and I’ll put a link to this article down below, where they talk about Apple and the new operating systems, helping you, us, the user, with viruses and attacks, it kind of pricks my ears up.

Now, obviously, I am biased when it sounds as if I’m biased when I say apples don’t get viruses. It’s not strictly true because they do get viruses, but it’s up to us to keep an eye on how it gets infected, how the Mac gets, yeah, infected.

However, with the new operating system that they’re coming out, and again, read that article, it looks like Apple are kind of doubling down on how they secure the operating system and how they can secure your data on the Mac.

Now, it doesn’t mean that we can just really, nearly connect stuff and click on buttons and, you know, that we’re not going to get attacked or have a virus. But they’re a company that seem to be really on the side of the consumer where they want to really secure your computer, secure the vulnerabilities that their platforms have.

Now, every piece of technology that you have, every operating system, there’s always a backdoor, and these back doors are always opened when new features get added. So they have things like bug bounties where people, white hat hackers, I would say, kind of find these issues with the system. They tell the company and then the company patch those issues. That happens quite a lot.

And Apple kind of do look into it quite seriously because our data is all on their network, on their hardware, on their iCloud system. and stuff.

So going back to what I was saying, the new operating system that will be coming out in a month, in a few weeks even, you need to upgrade to that operating system if you can because that system basically fixes a lot of these holes that the old operating systems have.

Now, obviously, every system has a hole. The new one is probably going to have a hole, but it fixes many of the security issues. In fact, what it does, it actually has a sequence now. Again, it’s in the article where when the computer boots up, it checks to see if there is a Trojan or malware or infected files. And it updates that database. When it finds something, it kind of calls back to Apple and does its thing. I’m not going to get too technical.

So keep your Mac updated. Now, Apple is going to have an event later today. It’s all about the iPhones, I think, the release of the new operating system, release of the new watch and stuff. So it’s not Mac-centric, but keep an eye on it because they may well talk about the Mac and the new operating system because they generally do, saying when they’re going to be, it’s going to be released and stuff.

So Macs are great. Apples are great. Apples are great. one a day, right? But it’s up to us, up to you to keep an eye on how safe and secure you are, ultimately, right?

Anyway, have a great day. I’ll see you after the Apple event. Ciao.