Mac Lion blindly accepts any LDAP password

Posted on August 26th, 2011 by Natalie Bourne

Apple’s latest version of Mac OS X is creating serious security risks for businesses that use it to interact with a popular form of centralized networks. People logging in to Macs running OS X 10.7, aka Lion, can access restricted resources using any password they want when the machines use a popular technology known as [...]

Parental Controls in Mac OS X

Posted on July 19th, 2011 by Tyson Mighell

If you’re keen to take full advantage of your Mac’s functionality to stay in control of what information is access by which users, you should be aware of the Parental Controls feature, a useful set of tools that can be used to restrict access on a user-by-user basis to the web, specific programs and even [...]

Choosing a User Account Type in Mac OS X

Posted on July 17th, 2011 by Tyson Mighell

How many user accounts do you have on your Mac? The chances are it is just the once, regardless of how many people live in your house and are likely to use your Mac. This is less than ideal, as each user account is capable of sharing visual preferences and other useful key settings. What [...]