Set up your Mac to be secure — by Apple Support

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Gives basic hardening advice: strong passwords, separate accounts per person, locking the Mac when idle and turning on FileVault.

Quick steps

Use hard-to-guess passwords
Give each person a separate login
Lock the Mac when idle
Turn on FileVault

Paraphrased from the source. Menus can differ by version, so check the original for full details.

Read the full article on support.apple.com

Source: Set up your Mac to be secure by Apple Support. Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

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