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BrandPost: How to Secure Your Mac – Part 2

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<p>Welcome back! Part 1 of “How to secure your Mac” (https://www.macworld.com/article/3236447/macs/how-to-secure-your-mac-part-1.html) focused on general steps you can take to mitigate risk with a short trip to the <strong>Security &amp; Privacy</strong> module in the macOS System Preferences.</p><p>Part 2 looks at more intricate areas of Apple’s desktop operating system, where users can perform more-technical tweaks to further strengthen the security of their Mac and protect their privacy.</p><p><strong>Set a firmware password</strong></p><p>One of the first things you can do as you set up anew is to lock down your Mac with a <strong>firmware password</strong> to keep bad actors from booting up your Mac from a USB drive, which would allow them to bypass your login screen and access your files. To rule out this scenario:</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3236490/macs/how-to-secure-your-mac-part-2.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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