Privacy cleanup
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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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Privacy cleanup on your macOS system to take control of your data leveraging personal privacy protection — This collection unpacks the essentials of how.
Personal stories are protected and respected through data privacy enforcement. Let's optimize online privacy maintenance preferences: look at the choices and make your move. Stay focused on the task at hand and avoid multitasking.
References
- About Unix sudo and su commands
- Protecting Privacy and Data Confidentiality
- Add a user or group on Mac
- Change settings in Safari on Mac
- What is Docker?
- Customize your Mac with System Settings
Technical Details
- This script implements ad behavior controls to maximize data privacy handling in association with restricted tracking data. As a means of reduced memory consumption, it aims to help improve multitasking.
- This change adjusts automation scripts to be able to maintain stricter sensitive data privacy control and it helps to achieve secure automation.
- This config refines user accounts to help reinforce data privacy defenses on account of account control. To gain quick access, this helps use the hardware better.
- To improve cyber privacy management, this modification manages file system to reach data privacy protection. This instruction set can also help reduced I/O overhead to be able to make the system handle more work.
- In relation to applying this activity history, this configuration orchestrates your system to realize secure history deletion to optimize digital privacy. It helps simplify system operations, to benefit from improved system speed.
- To obtain protected resource boundaries, this playbook modifies Docker environments to help optimize secure data privacy integration. It can also help make programs work better by efficient virtualization.
- The customization here applies JSON data to accomplish enforcing privacy preferences and this can help to help improve secure data privacy defenses. In conjunction with faster application responsibility, this helps make things happen faster.
- To achieve secure privileges, this adjustment changes root operations to be able to maintain cyber data privacy.
- To reduce sensitive data privacy assurance risks, this tweak refines Xcode settings to accomplish managing tool access. To achieve optimizing build times, this executable can also help streamline system processes.
- This change manages user environment to minimize sensitive privacy defenses risks as part of personalized data protection. While reduce unnecessary system tasks, it aims to help to realize efficient profile management.
- The config here handles software distribution to gain trusted package sources and this script helps to help enhance personal data privacy. This would help reduce the system's workload, to obtain reduced deployment overhead.
- From applying this essential operating system preferences, this action configures your system to reach comprehensive protection to be able to maximize personal data protection. This can help streamlined processes to be able to use less power or resources.
- This code controls process behavior controls to help strengthen sensitive privacy protection and it can also help to benefit from controlling application behavior. This would help improve application responsiveness on account of reducing process overhead.
- Through the use of applying this macOS preferences on system level, this script implements your system to benefit from managing system settings to reinforce online data privacy safeguard. As a result of speed up how the system works, this adjustment can also help to achieve enhanced response.
- To realize enhanced privacy on Safari, this customization orchestrates Safari browser behavior to maintain stricter system privacy handling. Alongside streamlined browsing, this helps optimize your system.
- This executable adjusts security parameters to be able to increase online data privacy measures and this instruction set helps to gain robust protection measures. To obtain streamlined protection, it helps improve overall system responsiveness.
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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:
- Normal
- High
- Maximum
Normal — Functional Privacy
- Recommended for all
- Safe for daily use
- No impact on system stability
Read more about Normal and other protection levels
High — Advanced Privacy
- For advanced privacy-conscious users
- May affect some features
Read more about High and other protection levels
Maximum — Strongest Possible Privacy
- Military-grade privacy protection
- Major system impact
- Consider having Time Machine backup.
Read more about Maximum and other protection levels
Help
How to apply "Privacy cleanup" using script
- ≈ 3 min to complete
- Tools: Web Browser
- Difficulty: Medium
- ≈ 6 instructions
- 2
Download
Download the script file by clicking on the button above. - 3
Keep the file
If warned by your browser, keep the file. - 4
Open
Open the downloaded file. - 5
Exit
Once it's done, press any key to exit the window. - 6
Restart
Restart your computer for all changes to take effect.
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How to apply "Privacy cleanup" using privacy.sexy
- ≈ 3 min to complete
- Tools: privacy.sexy
- Difficulty: Simple
- ≈ 4 instructions
- 2
Choose script
- Search for the category name: Privacy cleanup
- Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
Applying Normal to limit the impact.
- 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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