I have wanted to put this together for sometime, I stated out using an Apple ][+ back in 1981, using various Mac's including Mac AUX (UNIX for Mac). I still use Macs today, but the Macs and Mac Software isn't the same. In the beginning, I used the Mac as a standalone machine, but as I began using UNIX, it became clear to me the Mac and its operating system was a better client than Windows as a client to UNIX servers. I designed my first website in 1992 on a Mac and hosted it on a DEC 11/780, later moving it to an AT&T 3B2 Model 5, and then a Sun Sun Fire machine. Today, it runs on some cloud based x86_64, I no longer run it, but the website is still there. There is more concern with MacOS regarding Privacy and Security. The Question is, Can we users tame it, get it back under our control and away from corporations who want to put their noses into everything we do. This is my attempt to show some of the things I have learned along the way to help wrestle the software back and use the machines to solve problems without telegraphing what I do to Apple, and the people they sell our data too. As I have said before Security and Privacy is not a destination, it is an journey along an every changing road, with new challenges and obstacles placed along the way. Even Linux is starting down this road so if you think Linux is immune...you might want to read a bit more recent articles. 00:00 - Start 00:14 - Threat Models 01:24 - Keep Your System up-to-date 01:32 - Encrypt Data at Rest 01:39 - Encrypt Data at Rest 02:18 - Rapid Security Response 02:54 - Backup Your System 04:08 - Verify the Backup 04:21 - Re-Installing macOS 05:07 - Browser 07:30 - Cookies 10:03 - Firmware Passwords 10:44 - Captive Portal 11:50 - Firewalls 14:22 - pf firewall (same one used in pfSense) 16:55 - GPL Removal 20:19 - Passkeys 22:27 - Wrapup Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DJWare Follow me: Twitter @djware55 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/don.ware.7758 Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/djware27 #macOS #Security #Privacy