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I want to make sure I'm absolutely safe. Long, and lots of questions!
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<blockquote data-quote="New2TheMac" data-source="post: 1041918" data-attributes="member: 139905"><p>Good afternoon everyone. I hate to say this because I don't want to jinx anything or seem cocky/arrogant, but I haven't really noticed anything too strange. When I first started my Macbook up today the disc drive made the noise it usually does, but it took the monitor several seconds to turn on and for the chime to be heard (but it was). I just want to confirm if that's happened to anyone else before. In any case I did restart from the Apple menu and the screen and chime happened much sooner.</p><p></p><p>chas_m, you're definitely right about all forum members having to go on is my posts and those making me look like a paranoid fool. Looking back at all I've done since having my Mac it would probably be wrong to say I've reformatted 1 time too many because I've formatted way more than that, and honestly I probably didn't need to reformat the first time. But because of how paranoid I've come across I've sort of turned into a running joke. And that's not good because now I find that I have to start most of my posts with "I don't think I have this problem, but..." <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Now I'm not as scared as I was. And honestly the questions that I have now are just me wanting to learn about things. The more I know about these issues the less I may fear them because then I would hopefully know I wouldn't have them.</p><p></p><p>Getting back to the Apple security updates for example. I'm told there is no threat at all even if I didn't have them installed. So my question is if there was no threat at all then what was the purpose of the release? What exactly do they protect people from?</p><p></p><p>I'm also curious about going to "bad" websites. By bad I mean stuff with spyware/adware/malware/bad internet stuff. Let me absolutely assure you I won't be going to one on purpose and I do my best to avoid them. I understand there are no viruses for the Mac, but if you go to a bad website while on a Mac there's nothing bad that could happen at all?</p><p></p><p>I was also curious as to what everyone's security practices here are. Obviously don't download and install just anything. Be very frugal with what you give your administrator password out for. But is there anything else anyone does to stay safe while on the internet.</p><p></p><p>Not being paranoid, just wanting to learn <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New2TheMac, post: 1041918, member: 139905"] Good afternoon everyone. I hate to say this because I don't want to jinx anything or seem cocky/arrogant, but I haven't really noticed anything too strange. When I first started my Macbook up today the disc drive made the noise it usually does, but it took the monitor several seconds to turn on and for the chime to be heard (but it was). I just want to confirm if that's happened to anyone else before. In any case I did restart from the Apple menu and the screen and chime happened much sooner. chas_m, you're definitely right about all forum members having to go on is my posts and those making me look like a paranoid fool. Looking back at all I've done since having my Mac it would probably be wrong to say I've reformatted 1 time too many because I've formatted way more than that, and honestly I probably didn't need to reformat the first time. But because of how paranoid I've come across I've sort of turned into a running joke. And that's not good because now I find that I have to start most of my posts with "I don't think I have this problem, but..." :) Now I'm not as scared as I was. And honestly the questions that I have now are just me wanting to learn about things. The more I know about these issues the less I may fear them because then I would hopefully know I wouldn't have them. Getting back to the Apple security updates for example. I'm told there is no threat at all even if I didn't have them installed. So my question is if there was no threat at all then what was the purpose of the release? What exactly do they protect people from? I'm also curious about going to "bad" websites. By bad I mean stuff with spyware/adware/malware/bad internet stuff. Let me absolutely assure you I won't be going to one on purpose and I do my best to avoid them. I understand there are no viruses for the Mac, but if you go to a bad website while on a Mac there's nothing bad that could happen at all? I was also curious as to what everyone's security practices here are. Obviously don't download and install just anything. Be very frugal with what you give your administrator password out for. But is there anything else anyone does to stay safe while on the internet. Not being paranoid, just wanting to learn :) [/QUOTE]
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