A debugging error that left some users' passwords stored in plain text in OS X 10.7.3 has been closed in OS X 10.7.4. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years ...

It’s hard thing to discover that a loved one is incapacitated or passed away, and the Mac or Macs they left behind can’t be unlocked to retrieve photos, important financial or legal information, or ...

Last week's macOS Sierra 10.12.2 update addressed a number of bugs, including one vulnerability disclosed just today that allowed an attacker to obtain your FileVault disk encryption password by ...

If you have a modern Mac, there’s almost no reason not to use FileVault, the all-disk encryption that’s built in to OS X. It doesn’t slow the computer down, it keeps your data safe and – if the ...

FileVault is an additional security feature included with MacOS that encrypts all the files contained within your system. By using the disk encryption component, all the information sitting on your ...

I've turned on FileVault for the first time ever. It's nice that Apple will store the recovery key for you, but I've put it on my Time Capsule too (which also has an encrypted HDD), just in case. I ...

If you use Macs for business, you should be familiar with FileVault. Apple’s built-in disk encryption system for macOS can help protect corporate data. If you run a business on Macs (and many ...

I decided to start using iCloud on a limited basis with a handful of apps that I don't mind if the stored information gets put in the local newspaper - that's my rule for storing things in the cloud.

Remote Macs restarting and becoming uncontrollable, forced password entry instead of Touch ID, and more: A new tool is intended to help with this. Users of macOS know the problem: Not all ...