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Even as a professional Mac user I don't have to ever really have to go into these privacy settings to check anything. You can decide then and you really never have to go in and check. Now the typical Mac user may never need to actually go into here and check privacy settings. It gives you lots of extra information though some of them don't. Apple collects these things and they're anonymous so they're not really a privacy concern but it helps Apple, you know, figure out where there might be problems or where they may need to do improvements.Ī lot of these have little buttons where you can, you know, click on them and get more information if you want. Here's where you can actually change your mind and change these controls.

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You're asked this when you first install Mac OS or if you buy a new Mac and you first set it up. This is what your Mac has permission to send back to Apple. But you can actually select one and completely remove it from the list.Īlso, the last one here is Analytics. So typically you don't actually have to use that because the app itself will request permission. You also have the ability to add an app to this. If you want to revoke that permission you can do so here. They actually have to be given permission.

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So not just any app can go and do things like move windows around on your Mac. These all, of course, it's their very nature to control things in your Mac so they ask for permission to do that. Other extensions and apps you may have installed like say BetterSnapTool here or Dropbox or Magnet. You would have had to grant Automator permission to do that. Move the mouse around, access menu items, things like that. So, for instance, Automator you're going to want maybe to do some controls. But you may find that you have some for apps you've installed.Īccessibility is an interesting one because it grants access for apps to be able to control your Mac and do different things with them. Then you look and some of them don't have any. So when I installed the Skype app it asked to have access to my contacts so I can easily dial numbers by name. Here are the apps that have access to your Contacts. Most of the categories are pretty self explanatory. That's true for the rest of these categories as well.

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So I'm going to click that and then enter my password and now that it's unlocked all of this can be checked or unchecked here. You've got this Click the Lock to Make Changes here. The reason for that is I haven't authenticated. If I wanted to uncheck something I couldn't because they're not active. So some of these have not really been using it recently and other ones have. So it gives you an idea of whether its actually using it or not. You'll also notice here, for Location Services, you have this little arrow here which, as you can see, indicates that the app has used your location in the last 24 hours. A lot of times when you install apps or use them for the first time they'll ask you whether or not they can have access to something like Location Services. But only the ones that have a checkmark next to them are the ones that actually have been granted that ability. So these are all the ones that have requested that ability. You can determine which ones do and which ones don't. Various other apps may not have that ability. You can understand why that has that as well. Messages knows it and it will put your location there with messages that you send to people. For instance Siri knows it so you can ask Siri for directions for nearby restaurants and things like that. These apps here, the ones that are checked, have the ability to know your location. That's how your Mac knows your location without actually having a GPS chip inside it. Where the WiFi routers around you are located and then it kind of figures it out. It gets your location from figuring out the WiFi signal. Which apps have the ability to tell your location. So, for instance, we can look at Location Services. Now you've got a list of categories on the your and the controls on your right. This is the High Sierra version so if you have an older version of Mac OS it may look a little different. Here you're going to see all the privacy settings for your Mac. Then choose the fourth section here, Privacy. To find them go to System Preferences and then choose Security & Privacy. On this episode let's take a look at the Privacy Settings on your Mac. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out Mac Privacy Preferences at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.

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