Upcoming Xbox Update To Add Dolby Vision SupportFigure 1 Cnet Courtesy Beginning this week Xbox One beta tester accesses Dolby Vision on compatible TVs. This HDR technology enhances visual and gaming experiences. Essentially your Xbox One can be the ideal place for entertainment. Netflix will be among the first third-party apps to support Xbox’s Dolby Vision. Two popular companies join forces in the ever-increasing search for optimal visual and sound experiences. Xbox users can use the impressive Dolby Vision technology to get even more out of their gaming and viewing experiences starting July 11th. It’s only available at first to individuals using the Xbox Insiders preview software. It is part of the update to 1810 system. Other upgrades include language changes and the avatars on the dashboard. .820.820 Figure 2 Image Courtesy of DigitalTrends This functionality is limited. You need the right equipment including a Tv compatible with Dolby Vision. Besides that only selected game titles and apps bring compatibility of this sort. Netflix currently offers a huge selection of movies and Tv shows that are compliant with the Dolby Vision standard. It’s not the first time the two labels have taken hands. Xbox consumers also appreciate the benefits of Dolby Atmos providing an ultimate listening experience. Who knows what else will those two market leaders talk about next? Grip. Make a habit of locking or putting the phone to sleep when you are not in front of it. Never leave your machine logged in, where someone else could just sit down and have access to all you have stored there. 3.
Set a Firmware Password
Though having a login password is a great step, it does not stop someone from simply rebooting your Mac and using bootable media gaining access to the contents of the drive. So the next step you should take is a firmware password to close that loophole. It means that at boot time you will be prompted for a password if you attempt to boot from anything other than the drive from which it should be booting. Turn your Mac off completely Turn it on and hold Cmd + R to restore it. Keep hold of these keys until the Utilities screen appears Click Utilities> Firmware Password Utilities> Turn On Firmware Password Now set and check the password. Reboot your Mac then and it’s all set! 4. Use a Vpn
.825.825 Network data that goes from your computer to the internet does not benefit from encryption just because you’re using a Mac. If you want to prevent the awareness of your Isp (or government) on the internet you need a Vpn. If you want to be unaware of your identity and location on the pages you use, you need a Vpn. I’m pretty much saying you need a Vpn. It is nowadays an important Internet security tool. If you do not know where I propose ExpressVpn to start. Especially because it has a beautiful and simple Native Mac app.
MacOs now include a firewall for each program in much the same way as Windows does. You can easily control which applications have internet access. Although your router probably has an inbound traffic firewall feature, you’d do well to take advantage of Mac’s firewall to really control who gets to communicate on your network. There are many ways to configure the device firewall so I recommend that you go to the root and check out the Apple Support Page for guidance. 6.
Encrypt Your Startup Drive.826.826 Even if you have bios protection and a login password, somebody might actually remove your hard drive and attach it to something else to access the files in it. So it’s a good thing that MacOs offers complete drive encryption built into Apple’s operating system, calling it FileVault, and you can use it to encrypt your Mac drive so that it’s just a bunch of gibberish even if someone copied all of the data. Apple uses Aes-128 encryption and a 256-bit key so cracking with modern computing technology is virtually impossible. 7.
Know your confidentiality choices9. Get Mac Antivirus
.827.827 There is a persistent myth that Mac viruses don’t exist. That is simply not true. While the platform’s small install base and relative obscurity means there aren’t so many viruses that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t protect yourself from them. Get a trusted Mac antivirus package and hopefully something to deal with malware, too. Doing not have security is like playing Russian roulette with your knowledge. Not eager to pay? Then you can use any of these Antivirus free best. But I warn you that they too have their restraints. 10. 10. Use the Mac Time Machine
MacOs comes with a great application called Time Machine. This is an integrated backup software application, which can create an image of your disk manually or automatically. It only works with an external storage medium, like a hard drive with Usb. If you want to back up over the Lan, you can use a dedicated Apple Time Capsule too. You have the option to encrypt the backup drive too. That is a choice needed in my book. It’s also helpful to have multiple backup backups in case you become the target of a Mac Ransomware attack.
Apple’s Mac computers are undeniably well-made, beautiful and successful at the tasks they were built for. If your heart is on the computer side of the Mac there is no reason on the security front to slack. It is particularly dangerous when you find yourself lulled into a false sense of protection. If your luck runs out, that’s when you’ll be taking real damage. Stick to these basic security measures and you’ll significantly lower the chances of losing your Mac. It’s time to “think differently” about security on your Computer.