Tag: macos
How to Share Files Safely in iCloud Drive and Dropbox
A shared iCloud folder uses only your storage, not the other personās.
What the Secure Enclave Does on Your Apple Devices
Ten wrong passwords on a Mac still leaves you forty more attempts.
How to Unlock a Mac You Locked With Find My
Apple says your message appears at startup, but in testing it does not.
How to Turn On Advanced Data Protection for iCloud
Once it is on, losing your devices and recovery method loses the data.
How to Get Find My Alerts When Someone Arrives or Leaves
The radius can be anything from 300 feet to 150 miles across.
How macOS Protects Its Own System Files From Malware
The macOS you are running is a read-only snapshot, not the volume itself.
How to Turn On Find My on iPhone, iPad and Mac
A single lost device that cannot reach the internet cannot be found at all.
What Someone Sees When They Find Your Lost Device
Contact info switches itself off the moment the item is near you again.
How Activation Lock Protects a Lost or Stolen Device
An erased iPhone with Activation Lock on can still be tracked in Find My.
What Private Wi-Fi Address Does, and When to Change It
A hardware address that never changes lets a network recognise you for years.
