Advanced Plus Security pablozi's MacBook Air 2021

[enaph]

My new toy
Looking for as much constructive feedback as possible.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

In my opinion this is the most secure setup here.

Keep it clean

 

[Nevi]

Wow. That machine with M1 processor is nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[enaph]

Small change of today: enabled Automatic HTTPS Upgrade in Safari.
There might be more to come as I am still being in the learning mode

 

[enaph]

Was just wondering - is there any advantage of using 3rd party web browser over Safari?

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Was just wondering - is there any advantage of using 3rd party web browser over Safari?

No. Safari is secure and the best browser for anti-fingerprinting

 

[Ink]

Are you using Rosetta 2 for any apps? If so, how is the performance of these apps?

Was just wondering - is there any advantage of using 3rd party web browser over Safari?

As a general rule, I would avoid Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome on macOS. I do use Brave browser alongside Safari. Safari needs third-party extensions such as Adguard for blocking Ads, with Brave it's integrated.

 

[enaph]

Small change: added two maintenance apps: AppCleaner and Clean Me

 

[PR0X]

Are you using Rosetta 2 for any apps? If so, how is the performance of these apps?


As a general rule, I would avoid Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome on macOS. I do use Brave browser alongside Safari. Safari needs third-party extensions such as Adguard for blocking Ads, with Brave it's integrated.

The only reason why I use Chrome on my Mac is because of the variety of extensions that I use with Chrome. Safari has none and it's honestly so frustrating. Wish there was a way to install Chrome extensions in Safari.

 

[enaph]

Are you using Rosetta 2 for any apps? If so, how is the performance of these apps?


As a general rule, I would avoid Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome on macOS. I do use Brave browser alongside Safari. Safari needs third-party extensions such as Adguard for blocking Ads, with Brave it's integrated.

The only apps that run through Rosetta2 is 1Password - no performance issues so far.
And I am also loving back Brave

 

[enaph]

Removed Brave - too much battery drain.

 

[enaph]

Changed backup to automatic - Time Machine saves all encrypted backups to dedicated folder on NAS.

 

[JB007]

Hello,
Did you enabled automatic MacOS update ?

 

[enaph]

Hello,
Did you enabled automatic MacOS update ?

From day 1.

 

[JB007]

From day 1.

I'm wondering why it is disabled by default ?

 

[enaph]

I'm wondering why it is disabled by default ?

To be honest I don’t remember if they were disabled when I first got my MacBook.

 

[JB007]

To be honest I don’t remember if they were disabled when I first got my MacBook.

On mine Air M1 it was disabled.

 

[mitharogers]

Was just wondering - is there any advantage of using 3rd party web browser over Safari?

From what I've read Chromium browsers are probably more secure, but I don’t know anything about Safari/WebKit so I can’t say how much of an improvement it might be. I’m not a Mac user but I am thinking of getting an ARM MacBook as well. I’m thinking I'll use Brave since it inherits the security features of Chromium but with less Google telemetry and with decent anti-fingerprinting, but I won’t know how well it runs until I use it.

 

[enaph]

From what I've read Chromium browsers are probably more secure, but I don’t know anything about Safari/WebKit so I can’t say how much of an improvement it might be. I’m not a Mac user but I am thinking of getting an ARM MacBook as well. I’m thinking I'll use Brave since it inherits the security features of Chromium but with less Google telemetry and with decent anti-fingerprinting, but I won’t know how well it runs until I use it.

I can tell you - Brave is great browser but it impacts battery life noticeably.
While using Safari for my normal browsing activities I need to charge once in two sometimes 3 days but when I do the same tasks with Brave I need to charge daily.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

From what I've read Chromium browsers are probably more secure, but I don’t know anything about Safari/WebKit so I can’t say how much of an improvement it might be. I’m not a Mac user but I am thinking of getting an ARM MacBook as well. I’m thinking I'll use Brave since it inherits the security features of Chromium but with less Google telemetry and with decent anti-fingerprinting, but I won’t know how well it runs until I use it.

Safari doesn't include Google tracking.
Apple's browser is one of best secured and native included so all third party browser will increase your attack surface a lot.

The M1 is best secured device yet but if you can wait until fall, wait for M2.