# drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

Community guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS.

Repository: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/macos-security-and-privacy-guide
Homepage: https://drduh.github.io/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide/
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: apple, macos, security, privacy, osx, disk-encryption, macos-setup, macbook-configuration, guides, hardening, checklist, information-security, infosec, macos-security, opsec, sysadmin, guide
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:31:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4020, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 22492, forks 1460 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:32.663063+00:00)

## What it is
A community-maintained guide collecting techniques for hardening and improving the privacy of macOS on Apple silicon Macs. It covers threat modeling, disk encryption, firewalls, DNS, browser and messaging privacy, and system monitoring for both novice and experienced users.

## Use cases
- harden a macbook against attackers
- improve privacy on macOS
- set up FileVault and firewall correctly
- build a macOS threat model
- secure SSH and Wi-Fi on a Mac
- reduce macOS telemetry and metadata leaks
- macOS security checklist for sysadmins

## When to choose
- you administer or personally use a Mac and want actionable security and privacy steps
- you want a curated checklist covering encryption, firewall, DNS, and app hardening
- you need guidance on privacy-preserving browsers, messengers, and VPNs on macOS

## When to avoid
- you need automated compliance enforcement for organization-managed Macs (use the macOS Security Compliance Project instead)
- you need hardening guidance for Linux or Windows
- you want a software tool rather than a written guide

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, privacy, cryptography, networking, documentation
- domain: security, privacy, apple-ecosystem, documentation, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: hardening, checklist, opsec, filevault, threat-model, sysadmin, guide, macos

## Member repositories
- drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:32.663063+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:57:09.451899+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:32.663063+00:00, sha d95b890d35ce)
  - homepage: https://drduh.github.io/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:44.953528+00:00, sha cdff34efa75b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.