Increasingly more difficult for developers to support older Mac operating systems: Update mechanism, all must now use a new secure version which have higher minimum system requirements, it is becoming Software output/OS support, and third-party software applications that use the Sparkle NOTE: Due to changes in company support policies, security requirements (early versions of WEP, WPA, SSL and TLS encryption methods are now broken), Apple's developer Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents).Non-Apple software but included with macOS / OS X / Mac OS X.

Apple software (included with macOS / OS X / Mac OS X).ThisĪrticle will help you secure your older operating system and also source up-to-date, more secure applications if they are available (alternative applications are listed in OS support order not in any order of recommendation). Safari, iChat/Messages and email applications e.g Apple's Mail. Movies, JPEGs/pictures, PDF, Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint), RTF files and those that access the internet i.e. With the operating system can be at high risk from attack especially those that open common document formats like This is number seven in a series of MacStrategy security articles. How to secure older/not supported/out of date Mac operating systems Securing Older Operating Systems Mac Security Article #7 - Older Operating Systems Article ID = 87Īrticle Title = Mac Security Article #7 - Older Operating Systems

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