While the firewall in OS X is meant to be straightforward and simple, the idea of which settings are preferred can be a little confusing. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for ...

While the general consensus regarding whether a Mac is more secure than Windows leans toward Apple’s system, it doesn’t mean a Mac is still unable to be affected by hackers and malware; it's still ...

Lockdown, the open-source firewall app for iOS, is now available on the Mac. And just like the iOS version, it blocks all kinds of connections to trackers and other unwanted snoop-ware. Unlike ...

If your Mac is behind a corporate firewall and is therefore unable to access the CDDB database (which iTunes attempts to connect to whenever there is an active Internet connection and a valid audio CD ...

Although macOS looks deceptively simple to end users, anyone who’s launched Activity Monitor may be shocked to discover just how many helpers, daemons, services, and other processes actually run ...

Free Mac app LuLu allows you to control which apps can access the internet, adding an extra layer of security. LuLu's open-source approach provides a transparent approach to app security, and it even ...