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How To When you first set up a new Mac, or when you do a clean installation of a new version of OS X, you create a user account, and that account is set, by default, to log in automatically at startup.
The Mac Security Blog » Mac Security Tip: Disable Automatic Login
The Mac Security Blog » Mac Security Tip: Use a Standard User Account
How To When you first start up a new Mac, the Mac OS X setup assistant asks you for your name, a user name and a password, and uses this information to set up your first user account. Since there has to be at least one user with administrative rights on your Mac, that first account is an administrator account.
The Mac Security Blog » Mac Security Tip: Finding System and Application Versions
How To When we inform you about new security updates, we often specify the version numbers of the new applications. In some cases, you can run an application’s built-in updater to see if you’re up to date, but in others you may want to check an application and see what version it is.
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The Mac Security Blog » Mac Security Tip: Check for Software Updates Often
How To Many of the articles here on the Mac Security Blog inform you of security updates to software. These may be updates to Mac OS X, the operating system that runs your Mac, to other Mac programs, such as Safari, iTunes or QuickTime, or to iOS, the operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.