HT201380 My Mac is relatively new and I am wondering if there is anti virus & fire wall installed from apple?
My Mac is relatively new and I am wondering if there is anti virus & fire wall installed from apple?
Regarding anti-virus software, see my Mac Malware Guide. You'll find that, for most people, the built-in defenses are more than adequate.
As for a firewall, note that the average user does not need to have a firewall enabled on their computer. See The myth of the dirty Mac.
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I have two macs in my house. One is newer and came with the os x mountain lion software and the other one needs to be upgraded. I was wondering if there is a way to take upgrade from one to the other? Should not have to buy this software again.
Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Buy it for the other computer. Mountain Lion is preinstalled on the new Mac, but you can only use it in the new one -
my mac and iPhone 6 has been hacked! foresure! Antivirus sentinel pro from apple store detected apr or arp spoofing, thereafter Antivirus protection also got hacked, I turn network monitoring on they turn off everytime then they close Antivirus for good, also Google.com is being imitated and not showing a true certificate (apr spoofing)?.these guys r good! I erased and reinstall Yosemite changed all passwords even on the wifi...could be wifi sniffing? I got Kaspersky hoping to use virtual keyboard for passwords and Kaspersky is comprised too..the virtual keyboard doesn't work it freezes up not allowing me to enter password. So I Uninstall and reinstall Kaspersky, so now I have problem with reinstall that doesn't work, then way later that day it is reinstalled..not over yet..that virtual keyboard now pops up randomly wanting me to use password? seems like they can copy anything real fast for i have to enter info like 2 or 3 times, never had that problem before. I'm thinking about going old school with paper docs and checks..yes technology ***...too vulnerable. .on the news they said 97% of businesses are hacked! can someone help me to counter this attack? thx
Message was edited by: technologysuxYou have not been hacked. Get rid of all that antivirus. It is just making your life harder.
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i recently bought a macbook pro and i made a new apple id. my last macbook had a different id as well and i was wondering if there's a way of transferring all my music from the other laptop to the new one without having to use my old apple id? if it makes any type of difference i have an iphone 5 so i tried transfering the music but it only transfered certain things and not my entire album.
Making a new Apple ID was the worst thing you could of done. This is very bad to do. Not sure why people do that. Your Apple ID is Your Apple ID. You only need one and it is best to only have one Apple ID for all apple devices.
Sorry I don't have any suggestions for you. -
i have an apple id that i can't get into because i have forgotten the password and the email that i had it connect to is no longer working because i no longer know the password so i was wondering if there was a way i could send my apple id and password to an new email account thart i now have
Go to https://getsupport.apple.com
(If you see a message that says 'There are no products registered to this Apple ID, simply click on 'See all products and services')
Choose 'More Products & Services', then 'Apple ID'.
A new page will open.
Choose 'Other Apple ID Topics', then 'Lost or forgotten Apple ID password'.
Click the blue 'Continue' button.
Select the contact option that suits your needs best. -
I have purchased a new iPad2 and I was wondering if there is a way to get iPod content onto this new device. I am having difficulty finding any information on this kind of transfer and I am not sure if it is even possible. Just not looking forward to loosing my progress in games and information in notes and other apps. Thanks
Have you been syncing the iPod with iTunes? Then you just connect the iPad and set it up through iTunes and sync any content you want onto it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386
In terms of games/apps. If they are not universal (you will see a + symbol next to them) or made for iPad (you would see an HD in the name, usually) then they won't look good on an iPad as those apps will open in a iPod sized window, giving you the option to enlarge. -
What does the community recommend as an appropriate response in light of reports that "an estimated 600,000 or more Macs are currently compromised and part of a massive botnet thanks to the Flashback Trojan." Is Apple taking steps to mitigate the threat?
See article in PC World at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/253403/mac_malware_outbreak_is_big ger_than_conficker.html
I have a MacBookPro and my wife has an iMac. I assume both are equally vulnearble.
MLSCOSThere are checks one can perform to see
1: If any of their machines have been seen on the Flashback botnet
http://public.dev.drweb.com/april/
2: Terminal commands to see if their machine is infected (use copy and paste, then press enter)
https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan-downloader_osx_flashback_i.shtml
3: Preventative methods to avoid becoming infected.
Update Java via Software Update.
Disable Java in all your web browsers preferences (notice Java is not Javascript)
Check your status of all browser plug-ins
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
Firefox + NoScript add-on + Temp Allow All Button on Firefox's toolbar to turn on scripts only on sites you trust.
Learn how to make bootable clones, this way a complete erase can occur and a reverse clone done.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents
4: Resources if one is infected
Data Recovery, wiping entire machine, reinstalling OS X, returning clean files, etc.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents -
Hello,
I can't install Photoshop CS5 under mac because of the format of my HDD Journaled with Capitol and minor letters.
Is there a way to get it installed?
Thank you
Andreasthis is the only screen that appear after clicking on the install.app
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Hi, After I installed Mac Lion, I have problem with the tamil font while typing in Neo Office. Especially with the letters "e-Ex: தெ" and "ai-Ex:தை". Please help me I know its not bug from Apple It shd be some problem in neo.
Is your problem due to the keyboard or to NeoOffice Characters? You have to change probably the font. Not all fonts are supporting all Unicode sets. Which font you have in your NeoOffice set to write Tamil? Try with Arial Unicode MS for example.
Are the letter e-Ex and ai-Ex right in your posting? If they are right, how you inserted these letters in your posting? By copy and paste or by typing? If by typing, your question is related to NeoOffice. Probably you should reinstall or update NeoOffice? Or switch to OpenOffice?
marek -
just got new hard drive installed from apple and my old password doesn't work and it won't let me change it.cant install anything ,pls help,thx
Camera works. Now gotta find out about this mic thing
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my mac mini is currently at Mac OS X 10.4.11 and i was wondering if there is any way to update to Max OS X 10.5 and there no apple store close
Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu and check the processor.
If it's a G4, buy a retail Mac OS X 10.5 DVD from a source such as Amazon or eBay; Apple still might have copies in stock if you phone them.
If it's an Intel Mac, buy a Mac OS X 10.6 DVD from the online Apple Store.
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I bought a mac 2 days ago and transferred some files on there using migration assist which I did not want to. How do I restore my imac to factory settings so I can start again?
Look in /Users folder. You can go to System Preferences > Users & Groups, open the lock and "-" delete the account it created.
This is a problem whenever you use migration assistant after the initial install. The proper way to run Migration Assistant is in Setup Assistant when you first boot your Mac. I don't know why Apple isn't clearer about this issue. -
i have backed up all my music on an external hard drive and i was wondering is there a quick way to put it all back on itunes.
Hello, Gazzlaa84.
You can import your media a couple different ways. If you plan on keeping the media on the external drive, I would just direct iTunes to read the media folder on the external. Here are the steps on how to make that change.
iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
Also, here is another great resource for moving your iTunes media.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Cheers,
Jason H. -
My ibook g4 took a install from apple update . Why is it not going past the screen where is shows Mac OS X
Did you verify the hard drive before installing the update? You could have had hard drive corruption where the computer did not know where all the files are and something didn't get installed correctly.
Did you repair permissions? The installer may not have been able to overwrite a file if the permissions on files were not set correctly.
Frankly, the easiest thing will be to re-install the operating system from the installer disc. While booted to the disc make sure you run Disk Utility First Aid to repair the drive and permissions, then install. Many of us prefer to download updates from Apple rather than rely upon Software update. we use SU to tell us what we need but we download them separately.
For which operating system was this update? Apple hasn't brought out a new system update for G4s in quite a while. -
Hi, my ipad got stolen and i was wondering if there is anyway of finding out the serial number remotely from another apple device?
If it iwas registered to your account then you should be able to get it from your support profile : https://supportprofile.apple.com/
If not then do you have a backup of the iPad on your computer's iTunes ? If you do then in iTunes go into Edit > Preferences (iTunes > Preferences if using a Mac) and on the Devices tab on that hover your mouse pointer over the iPad's backup : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4061
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