Ask HN: How do you secure your Mac?

What exactly is your threat model? Are you a developer of a very public software project? Are you a politician or a journalist? Or someone in HR? Or are you just an average Joe?

And what software do you use regularly? Do you pirate software?

These are important questions to answer, before you come up with how to secure your Mac.

That said, I'm just an average developer. I hardly run anything non-standard. I do make sure to not leave my laptop unlocked, but that's it.

While I strongly advise avoiding traditional "antivirus" software like Symantec, EtreCheck[1] if a wonderful diagnostic tool for checking your Mac's general health. Included in that health check is a full disk sweep for any known adware. I used it just this past year to help identify and remove some adware on my parents' computer just this past year, and would highly recommend.

[1] https://etrecheck.com

I follow this: https://spreadprivacy.com/mac-privacy-tips/

Not really an exhaustive list, but at least gets you started off.

I follow some parts on Bejarano's [0]. It was discussed on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18099835 (6 months ago)

macOS Security and Privacy guide [1] also a recommendation you can try.

[0]: https://blog.bejarano.io/hardening-macos.html

[1]: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide