On my mac should i turn on the firewall; and file vault or just leave them off?

On my mac should I turn on the firewall; and file vault or just leave them off?

Yes, you should turn on your Firewall, and in the advanced options, select 'stealth mode'.
Unless you want to encrypt your hard drive, you don't need File Vault and can leave it off.

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    Dear Mac Experts:
    I know that there are many pages of information about using, remembering and managing passwords. I have read most of them.I know the passwords and File Vault was not on.  I am working at someone's home on their computer and running their business.  The computer is running MAC 10.5.8 and I don't know if it can be updated.  The computer had  an Admin account and no user accounts.  I tried to change this so the compuer would be secure but my client did not want to.    When I left yesterday the computer was fine.  When I came in today there were a number of apps hanging.  I forced quit Firefox and some other apps and logged out an shut down the computer.  When I tried to log into the Admin Account which is the main user account  I got the  error messages below:
    Your FileVault-protected home folder did not open and needs to be repaired.
    click ok to repair the folder and continue logging in.
    I clicked ok
    then I got a new error message:
    You are unable to log in to the user account "x" at this time because and error occured.
    Clicked OK
    File Vault was not turned on at anytime that I know of in the last couple of months.  I luckily had a guest user set up and logged in as guest. In order to create another Admin account I had to use the  password for the initial Admin main user account which unlocked the preferences pane and allowed me to create a new Admin Account.
       Checked that FileVault was turned off.
    After reading all of your comments and suggestions for the last 2 hours my head is spinning. 
    I don't know unix or type commands.  I don't know where the install discs are. 
    As the new Admin I went into the keychain files and tried to verify and repair the original Admin's info.
    Here is what I got:
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    Checking keychain configuration for Susan F (user ID=501)
    Home directory is /Users/suero
    Checked login keychain
    Error: login keychain not found
    Unable to get info for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain, reason: No such file or directory
    Checked password for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
    Unable to verify password for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (-25294)
    Unable to read settings for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (-25294)
    Checked default keychain
    Problems were found; you should choose the Repair option to fix them
    Verification failed
    Repair started
    Checking keychain configuration for Susan F (user ID=501)
    Home directory is /Users/suero
    Checked login keychain
    Error: login keychain not found
    Warning: some problems were not fixed
    Repair failed
    The machine is backed up onto a lacie external hard drive every hour.
    In addition,  while I was poking around I found the following:
    com.apple.kerberos.kdc   certificate
    not trusted
    com.apple.systemdefault certificate
    not trusted
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    Thank you in advance for your patience with an old OS and a MAC user who does't feel comfortable mucking around under the hood.
    Tracy
    Message was edited by: TracyCV

    Hi Tracy,
    I don't suspect Malware yet, Id guess Disk corruption or failing Hard Drive with Files not found.
    Could be many things, we should start with this...
    "Try Disk Utility
    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
    *Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
    3. Click the First Aid tab.
    4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
    5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
    Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
    (Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
    If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

  • Hi guys, Having a problem with emoji. I have the emoji on my dock which I found a shortcut on Cult of the Mac. I click on the emoji and drag it to my email or whatever, and it will not drop into place. There is a blue square. Other shortcuts don't work.

    Hi Guys,
    Having problem with emoji, I have the character palette shortcut on my dock which I found through article from Cult of the Mac. I click on the emoticon and drag it to my email or whatever and get a blue box - no emoji. I tried the keyboard shortcut - doesn't work. I tried the drop down the menu in edit - doesn't work either. I am running Lion and want to upgrade to Mountain Lion. Want to fix this before I upgrade or should I just upgrade and hope for the best?  Been all over the net looking for solution.
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    blueheron11

    Pages does not support the Apple font used for color emoji, so that behavior is normal.
    With what app are you reading the yahoo mail?  There is really no guarantee than any other email service will show the special Apple font involved.
    You should have no problem putting emoji directly into Mail or Text edit via drag drop from the Character Viewer as shown below.
    You should also be able to upload graphics here easily by clicking on the camera icon.  My email is tom at bluesky dot org.

  • My mac 10.8 does no have the file, com.apple.desktop. plist   I wentto lIbrary, preference and look  for it and it is not where in my mac.  I also launch time machine and file is no where on my Mac.  How do I get this file back?

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    System files are hidden by default in Finder now, search for what you want then click the little + button on the top right of the bar that appears when you do a search. A new bar comes up and click the first box (that says "Kind"), change it to "System Files". Then change the box that says "aren't included" to "are included" and your file should show up.
    http://osxdaily.com/2009/02/25/show-hidden-files-in-os-x/

  • Why are the apps on my IPad scattered across the whole thing and when I open them they turn to little rectangles in the corner of the screen and I can't even use them or tap on anything. Also when I turn my iPad it doesn't flip the screen over

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    Hi The next thing to do is to Restore back to Factory Settings this will get rid of any bugs . After Restore use same Apple ID /Password then you should get all your Apps & data back If you still have this problem make an Appointment at Apple Store . Cheers Brian

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    I am currently restoring my ipod 5 however half way through re-covering my ipod 5 Itunes says "locked with a password unlock ipod etc..." and turns on the ipod and my ipod is still disabled...
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  • After I Repair The Permissions On My Mac Pro, Then I Verify The Permissions And They Have To Be Repaired Again And Again.  Why Does This Happen All The Time.   Please Reply,  James

    Hi, 
    After I Repair The Permissions On My Mac Pro, Then I Verify The Permissions And They Have To Be Repaired Again And Again. 
    Why Does This Happen All The Time. 
    Please Reply, 
    James

    As long as the report ends up with 'Permissions repair complete' then, as far as permissions go, you are fine. You can ignore the various statements in the report:
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448
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    Poster rccharles has provided this description of what it all means:
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    |  |  |
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    |  | 
    |  group
    | 
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    When i take a picture from left its turning to the right and the other way. Howcan i stop that?

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