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<blockquote data-quote="Bob M." data-source="post: 1950303" data-attributes="member: 200112">I have a MacBook Pro (running macOS Big Sur) and an older iMac (running mac OS High Sierra). I'm not a power user and I usually use my computers in the morning while I have my coffee for about a half hour daily.Recently, when answering my email one morning, on my MacBook Pro, I saw that the terminal program icon was in my doc. I might use this program once or twice a year but I haven't used or opened it in a very long time. I became concerned so I closed the terminal program. Now, normally I leave my computer connected to my router via wifi but after this, I started turning off wifi and sleeping my computer when I'm finished using the MacBook Pro for the day. This MacBook Pro (and my other iMac computer) are not hooked up or plugged into anything else. Besides turning off wi-fi, should I be shutting down my computer after every session? Should I turn off the AC power at my power strip? How does one keep nefarious bad actors from getting into my machine? What's the safest way to go without being over the top with security?BTW, I don't keep any financial information on any of my computers, just a lot of bad jokes so if someone was to get inside, they wouldn't find anything of value, unless it was Henny Youngman or Bob Hope.Bob M.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob M., post: 1950303, member: 200112"] I have a MacBook Pro (running macOS Big Sur) and an older iMac (running mac OS High Sierra). I'm not a power user and I usually use my computers in the morning while I have my coffee for about a half hour daily. Recently, when answering my email one morning, on my MacBook Pro, I saw that the terminal program icon was in my doc. I might use this program once or twice a year but I haven't used or opened it in a very long time. I became concerned so I closed the terminal program. Now, normally I leave my computer connected to my router via wifi but after this, I started turning off wifi and sleeping my computer when I'm finished using the MacBook Pro for the day. This MacBook Pro (and my other iMac computer) are not hooked up or plugged into anything else. Besides turning off wi-fi, should I be shutting down my computer after every session? Should I turn off the AC power at my power strip? How does one keep nefarious bad actors from getting into my machine? What's the safest way to go without being over the top with security? BTW, I don't keep any financial information on any of my computers, just a lot of bad jokes so if someone was to get inside, they wouldn't find anything of value, unless it was Henny Youngman or Bob Hope. Bob M. [/QUOTE]

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