BASIC SECURITY & PRIVACY SETTINGS
Jan 02, 2020
3 minutes
General security prefs
The first step to securing your Mac is to ensure that the basic security settings are as watertight as possible. To get started, head to System Preferences>Security & Privacy and then click on the ‘General’ tab.
Require a password
Make sure that you tick the ‘Require password’ option and then set it to ‘Immediately’. That way, whenever your Mac goes to sleep, nobody will be able to access and use it after the screen saver begins.
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