macOS Security and Privacy Guide

Skill by ara.so — Security Skills collection.

This skill provides comprehensive guidance for securing and hardening macOS systems based on the community-maintained drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide. It covers threat modeling, encryption, firewalls, DNS configuration, privacy settings, and security monitoring.

Overview

The macOS Security and Privacy Guide is a collection of techniques for improving security and privacy on Apple silicon Macs. It targets power users adopting enterprise-standard security and covers:

• Threat modeling and asset protection
• Full disk encryption with FileVault
• Firewall configuration (application and kernel-level)
• DNS encryption (DNSCrypt, DoH, DoT)
• Browser hardening
• System monitoring and audit
• Privacy settings and telemetry disabling
• Physical security measures