Just curious how important is using a firewall?
I currently have two Macs where one is a wireless base station using an older mushroom shaped Airport extreme, using a WPA/WPA2 network. Both my Macs have just had a fresh install of 10.6.
Is 7mm HDD compatible with MBP? I know it will fit in as it's smaller(not larger) than standard 9.5mm, but I'm worried about the extra space, will it make some flex?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI held down the 6 and 4 keys and booted up into 64 bit kernel on my mac pro 3.1 fine.
I checked and all my extensions are 64 bit, but not all software is.
So far, all of my stuff works fine- the printer, scanner, trackpad, revolution mx mouse and web cam, as do all of the programs that I have tried to use.
What is the benefit of running my mac in 64 bit kernel?
Can I set something so that it will automatically boot up in 64 bit every time?
With Snow Leopard on the horizon, and there already being some 64bit operating systems out there which are a hassle to get working with the "woodcrest" MacPro machines, eg, W7 x64 is a no go, and I have read that it is a PITA to get Vista x64 going(and a waste of time anyway). It has gotten me thinking, will Snow Leopard work in true 64bit form in the machine that was advertised as a 64bit Pro workstation?I am eager too see how much of a difference Grand Central and Open CL make!
View 24 Replies View RelatedI just got iWork 09, but it asks to me to register the product with Apple. What's the benefit of doing this? Is there any harm in not registering the product?
View 4 Replies View Related16Gb ST Lab SSD drive - I was wondering if anyone knew if it was a benefit to install the OS / ilife 09 / iWork in here, would I see an improvement in terms of performance in comparison to my 320Gb 5400 (which I will soon be upgrading to a scorpioblack 500Gb)
Install a memorycard reader in here as at the moment I am transferring my digital pictures either via usb from camera or via an adaptor.
Ideally I would like to go with option one, but only if that actually improves the performance of my system.
I have a fairly old imac (it's about three years old) and although I've upgraded the ram, it's feeling a bit sluggish now. Do you think I would experience any performance benefit from upgrading to snow leopard? It still seems like a great machine so can't really justify upgrading to the new imacs.
View 9 Replies View RelatedOut of curiosity, any reason not to purchase the Apple Care? I know that many people purchase this as an add-on because they want security with their device. I have always been a PC person and have built my super computer and of course, know enough to correct, repair my computer. I'm not saying that I won't know how to repair my MacBook but it seems like Apple Care does a lot more which justifies the cost and purchase. The question is, what is that "extra" benefit or is the hype still just from people who don't know anything about computing and or other reasons. Help me if I'm missing anything here.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI just got myself a Mac Mini and a 2 TB Western Digital My Book Studio II External Hard Drive. I just wanted to run this idea by you guys to give me some expert advice. What I did was I made the 2 TB Western Digital into a 1 TB External Hard Drive with RAID 1. Then I went to System Preferences/Accounts and changed the location of the Users folder to the External Hard Drive.
So, essentially, (I think....) the entire OS is running on the Mac Mini, and then whatever data, Movies, Music, Preferences, additional Accounts etc..... I run from my External via Firewire 800. What do you all think about this set up? I have no idea why and how I came up with that, but that was how my Windows computer was set up (Recent Mac convert!)
I have used a Apple MacBook Pro 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo (15.4-inch) for the past four years of college. In that time I've had it repaired once for some spillage, but other than that nothing has been done. The laptop has recently been showing serious age. I don't have a ton of extra cash, and was wondering if it would be smartest to A) Buy piecemeal repairs, and fix this one or B) sell/scrap this and purchase something new. I don't know the numbers enough to do a cost-benefit, so any help would gladly be appreciated!
INFO/BACKGROUND
Apple MacBook Pro 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo (15.4-inch) Bought in Summer 2006
? Track pad seems to be breaking/broken ($ fix cost?)o Does not click appropriately
o Frequently messes up typing when barely touched
o Extremely finicky? Screen sometimes displays lines of messy black lines in the middle of images with no rhyme or reason ($ fix cost?)o What in the world could be causing the screen to display improperly in lines?
o Is this a video card failure?
o Is memory too low?
o Is it the logic board? The battery is 100% dead and useless ($ fix cost?)o Laptop must be plugged in to work? Slow, and seemingly inconsistent performance ($ fix cost?)o Memory/ram was never updated
o Safari has to be opened twice to work, first time it always just sits there
o Microsoft Office 03 applications run at a snails pace? Still running original 2006 OS as well as all old OS applications ($ fix cost?)
? Case shows signs of use along edges with separation ($ fix cost?)
Also, if there are any ideas on what this would sell for, or a total cost to get it into solid running (and lasting!) shape would be awesome. I'm at wits end trying to budget for all this -
What's the best (Software)Firewall solution for OS X. At the moment I work with a mixed environment ( ipfw, Apple Application Firewall and Little Snitch ). It seems to be secure, but this is an absolute overhead. I noticed, that my internet performance slowed down. For the moment I'm not able to spend money on a hardware solution. I'm searching for a complete Firewall software that controls incoming as well as outgoing connections ( Apple seems not to be interested in distributing a complete and easy waterproof solution ). Unfortunately ipfw offers no application control. I'm not a security expert, thus I need an easy configurable firewall.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've got a problem with my new mbp, mac os x snow leopard. It can't ssh. I've got no firewall running, can do ssh localhost and can ssh *into* my mbp from another machine, but I can't ssh from the mbp to another computer. If I do: ssh -v 192.168.0.6, hich is my wifes debian comp, I get:
OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.6 [192.168.0.6] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 192.168.0.6 port 22: Operation timed out
ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.6 port 22: Operation timed out
I've tried uncommenting "Host *" and "ForwardAgent yes" in /etc/ssh_config (I read you had to do that on some other forum), but it doesn't help. I can ssh into my wife's computer using any other os than mac os x. This is extremely annoying, since I can't comfortably fetch my old files to this new computer.
I have a new mid 2010 iMac 27" quad core 2.8
Is it necessary to enable the firewall, which is off by default.
I have a 21.5" iMac connected to my basement ADSL Modem/Gateway via 25ft long UTP cable. Other devices (PS3, HP Laptop using Win 7, etc, etc.) are connected to the same ADSL Modem/Gateway via wireless. If wondering, this ADSL Modem/Gateway has its own firewall enabled and its application selection (for port forwarding) customized as well.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI live in China, its great, but I hate the firewall. Ever since they blocked Youtube, I've been trying to get a good connection to a proxy server. I still have not found a good enough proxy to watch youtube. So I am looking for a paid VPN, but I don't know what would be the best to go for. Since my connection in China is bad enough I need a VPN that doesn't slow down my connection any more.
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen I couldn't get my printer to work, I turned off my firewall to connect to it, I left my firewall off for a couple days. I found this string of allowed traffic from the same Ip address.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI noticed after my initial install yesterday that the firewall does not appear to be on by default. Just throwing it out there so people can take action to activate the firewall.
I haven't checked to see if ipfw is doing anything out of the box, but I imagine not.
Since the Mac has it's own firewall, and the Mac gives the VM it's connection, is a firewall actually needed on the VM itself?
View 1 Replies View Relatedive just been looking in system preferences and saw my firewall was off. I immediately turned it on. I don't know why it was off, i have never turned it off before, im really worried now, how can i check for bad things on my mac?
View 8 Replies View RelatedGuys, how do you bypass firewall using SSH? Using terminal, i typed in "ssh username@ip" and it brings my command prompt from home. So I'm guessing I successfully SSHed, but what to do now?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have an emac OS X 10.4.11. How can I tell if I have iMovies and a firewall?
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eMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
how do I add the applications I have installed on my iMac into the Firewall? I click the plus sign and then navigate to the app that I use such as Plex and Hulu? To add them? Or do I open the apps up then click allow?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2), iPhone 4
I am new to Mac and wanted to see if there was a way of testing the firewall in a Macbook.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have two computers that seem to have stopped saving my firewall preferences after upgrading to OSX 10.6.6. Each time I start each computer, the system asks whether I want to allow or block connections for a variety of programs, including iTunes and several UNIX commands (cupsd, compressord, ftpd, krb5kdc, qmasterd, qmastertaskd,smbd). Why aren't these settings being saved upon shutdown? Is anyone else experiencing a similar problem?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhere is the location of the firewall log in Leopard?
When I click on Security> Firewall>Advanced> Open Log nothing happens.
I can't access the internet since I can only connect to a private address starting with 169.254.xxx.xxx
I'm thinking some firewall issue has suddenly made not able to use DHCP to access the internet.
In the MAC OS X Firewall Prefs, you can choose :
Only Allow Essential Services.
What does this exactly mean ?
What are the essential services ?
As shown in this Jpg attachment, i was wondering if there is a similar version of this USB stick Firewall
for MAC OS X ?
A couple of days ago, I thought I'd try a 3rd party firewall to beef up security on my 2008 MBP running 10.6.2 on an ethernet connection using a router (nothing changed there).
I installed Little Snitch, tweaking its settings (don't remember what I tweaked) to customize it to my preferences as I went thru two 3-hour demo periods. Then I uninstalled it (using its own uninstall). I also tried Noob Proof to see if a free program might serve, but wasn't happy with that one, and uninstalled it using AppCleaner.
At some unknown point during this 24 hour period, I lost my internet connection, and I can't get it back.
Things I've tried:
-Ran network diagnostics several times - it says I've got a good connection, and Activity Monitor shows small amounts of data being sent and received.
-Turned Mac's firewall off & back on a few different times. Can't get online even when the firewall is off.
-Turned on the guest account and logging into it. Can't get online thru the guest account either.
-Re-installed Snow Leopard just in case it might re-set whatever is wrong.
-Looked at LOTS of logs (including Little Snitch's log) to see if I could find the source of the trouble, but while no dummy, I'm also not an expert at reading logs.
-I've also tried connecting to Software Update for a direct connection, thinking maybe it was a browser issue, but can't get connected to anything, anywhere, anyhow.
Any ideas?
Whats the general consensus on OSX Firewall. It's not enabled by default and I never knew the option existed. Is it problematic at all, or prone to slowdowns. I am behind a home router
View 8 Replies View Relatedi've installed the recent lion update and i cannot edit my firewall. can't even access it. clicking the firewall tab just darkens and stays dark. i tried entering this as per the help/support doc:
cd /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/NetworkConfig.framework/Versions/A/Resources/
-bash: cd: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/NetworkConfig.framework/Versions/A/Resources/
all i got was a 'no such file or directory.
Info:
2.66 Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), Cintiq 21UX
