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Works with any MacWorks with any Mac running macOS/OS X on Intel or Apple Silicon.
  • Multiple actionsThis page belongs to a category, containing some changes with similar goal.
  • macOS onlyThis script improves your privacy on macOS
  • Impact: MinimumSystem Functionality Loss Risk: Low
    This action improves privacy with minimal impact when you run the recommended script.
  • Bash (Shell script)These changes use macOS system commands to update your settings.
  • 86 scripts
  • 12 categories
  • IrreversibleYou can restore parts of this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application.

Overview​

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Increase data handling macOS: privacy cleanup to safeguard against data and system privacy integration breaches.

Empowering individuals to maintain control over their lives begins with important privacy defenses. Start optimizing digital data privacy handling control now with this guide: explore the solutions available for your plan. Pause if something feels unclear. It's better to review the instructions than to move forward unsure.

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Technical Details​

  • To achieve hardened software defaults, this change handles JSON settings to help maintain personal data privacy security. Owing to streamlined privacy rules, this executable can also help make the system respond faster.
  • This code configures file access to increase digital privacy measures by data privacy protection. As a means of make tasks take less time, it can also help to gain reduced I/O overhead.
  • To benefit from account control, this action controls user profiles to help reduce secure data protection risks. This would help reducing profile overhead to be able to make the system more stable.
  • To help improve data privacy integration, this config adjusts essential operating system behavior to realize protected system operations. This tweak helps fine-tune how the system runs on account of improved system response.
  • This script orchestrates AppleScript execution to be able to maximize secure data privacy and it aims to help to accomplish monitored operations.
  • Toward applying this application execution boundaries, this config controls your system to gain controlling application behavior to reduce sensitive data protection risks. This instruction set helps make better use of system power, to reach smart resource allocation.
  • The customization here adjusts Docker security to obtain controlled namespace separation and this can help to help optimize digital privacy enforcement. By streamlined container operations, this action can also help cut down on background tasks.
  • This change refines privileged execution to minimize secure privacy measures risks leveraging controlled elevation.
  • Through the use of applying this macOS preferences on system level, this executable handles your system to achieve preference control to be able to increase online privacy management. Via make the system handle more work, it helps to gain optimizing system behavior.
  • The modification here manages package repositories to reach protected package integrity and this helps to maximize data handling protection. To achieve efficient package verification, it can also help use energy more wisely.
  • This adjustment applies profile management to help maintain stricter personal privacy protection and this would help to accomplish protected user settings. It can also help fix delays in the system, to realize efficient preference handling.
  • To be able to strengthen digital data privacy control, this configuration changes Safari browser behavior to benefit from secure Safari browsing. During efficient caching, this helps optimize system resource usage.
  • To obtain controlled ad targeting, this playbook modifies ad behavior controls to improve cyber data privacy management. This can help improved loading times to help reduce system overhead.
  • Alongside applying this data cleanup, this code orchestrates your system to reach comprehensive sanitization to be able to enhance secure data privacy security. To gain enhanced disk performance, this would help improve application responsiveness.
  • To realize controlled compilation, this adjustment configures build configurations to reinforce cyber data privacy safeguard. This customization can also help maximize system performance owing to reducing IDE overhead.
  • To be able to maintain cyber data privacy maintenance, this instruction set implements system protection to benefit from robust protection measures. On account of make the system more stable, it helps to achieve optimized security processes.

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Safe for General Use
This script has Normal protection level option. This is recommended for all users to improve without any noticeable impact on the system functionality.

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Choose one of two ways to apply:

Download script​

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  • No app needed
  • Offline usage
  • Free
  • Open-source

Normal — Functional Privacy​

  • Recommended for all
  • Safe for daily use
  • No impact on system stability

Read more about Normal and other protection levels

Help

How to apply "Privacy cleanup" using script​

  • ≈ 3 min to complete
  • Tools: Web Browser
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • ≈ 6 instructions
  1. 1

    Choose protection

    Choose one of the options with different impact levels:

    • Normal​

      Some safe scripts minimal system impact.

    • High​

      Some advanced scripts with high system impact.

    • Maximum​

      Some not recommended scripts with very high system impact.

    Learn more about protection levels

  2. 2

    Download

    Download the script file by clicking on the   Apply protection  button above.
  3. 3

    Keep the file

    If warned by your browser, keep the file.
  4. 4

    Open

    Open the downloaded file.
  5. 5

    Exit

    Once it's done, press any key to exit the window.
  6. 6

    Restart

    Restart your computer for all changes to take effect.

Apply with privacy.sexy​

Guided, automated application with safety checks
  • Recommended for most users
  • Includes safety checks
  • Shows the code
  • Free
  • Open-source
  • Popular
  • Offline/Online usage
Open privacy.sexy
Help

How to apply "Privacy cleanup" using privacy.sexy​

  • ≈ 3 min to complete
  • Tools: privacy.sexy
  • Difficulty: Simple
  • ≈ 4 instructions
privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily with more advanced options.
  1. 1

    Open or download

    Open or download the desktop application
  2. 2

    Choose script

    1. Search for the category name: Privacy cleanup
    2. Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.

    Applying Normal to limit the impact.

  3. 3

    Run

    Click on ▶️ Run button at the bottom of the page.

    This button only appears on desktop version (recommended). On browser, use 💾 Save button.

Explore This Guide​

  • 86 Privacy settings
  • 6 Main categories
    • These settings are organized into 6 main categories for easy navigation.
    • Main categories may contain subcategories, further organizing related functionality.
  • 12 Total categories

Choose what to protect based on your needs:This script already includes these options.
You can review, apply or reverse each option individually.
Click any option to learn more about what it does.

  • Some settings and commands may require technical knowledge to apply correctly.
  • Most users find the Normal protection above sufficient.

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Same Goal​

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Using other actions in the same category may help you achieve your goal better.
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About the Creators​

These people have authored this documentation and written its scripts:

  • Avatar of undergroundwires. The creator of PrivacyLearn and privacy.sexy. Black and white portrait showing a person wearing a polka dot tie and suit jacket, reflecting the professional expertise behind the privacy protection tools.
    • Certified security professional
    • 7+ years experience securing banks
    • Open-source developer since 2005
    • EU advisor, Public Speaker, Moderator
    • Hundreds across the globe
    • Testers, reviewers, developers
    • Companies, military agencies
    • Community since 2017
About Us

Reviewed By​

This guide has undergone comprehensive auditing and peer review:

  • Expert review by undergroundwires​

    • Verified technical accuracy and editorial standards
    • Assessed system impact and user privacy risks
    • Audited and verified using automated security tests

  • Public review by large community​

    • Privacy enthusiasts and professionals peer-reviewed
    • Millions of end-users tested across different environments
    • Audited and verified using third-party security software

History​

We continually monitor our guides, their impact and other potential privacy options. We update our guides when new information becomes available. On every update, we publicly store who made the change, what has been changed, why the change was made and when the change was made.

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