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Privacy & security
Protecting data, accounts, and secrets: what leaks, what verifies, and sensible defaults. 8 guides use this tag, newest first.
AI Meeting Summaries at Work: Record, Prompt, Check, Retain
A workflow for team AI note-takers: when not to record, what to tell people, a summary prompt that quotes the transcript, a 5-minute check, and retention rules.
Mac Security Basics: The Settings That Matter in macOS 27
A prioritised Mac security checklist: what each setting protects against, where it lives in macOS 26 and 27, what it costs, and a read-only way to check it.
A Mac Backup Strategy: Time Machine, Offsite Copy, Restore Drill
Set up Time Machine correctly, add an encrypted offsite copy, and run a 20-minute quarterly restore drill so a lost or ransomed Mac is a restore, not a loss.
Moving to a New Mac: A Before, During and After Checklist
A before, during and after checklist for a new Mac: choose Migration Assistant, a Time Machine restore or a clean setup, then erase the old Mac safely.
How to Check AI Output Before You Trust It: A Risk-Tiered Method
Sort AI output into low, medium or high stakes, then run the matching checks for facts, numbers, code, summaries and translations, with a log template.
How to See Which AI Bots Visit Your Site (and Check They're Real)
Count AI crawler hits in your access logs, then check each address against vendor IP lists and reverse DNS to catch spoofed user agents.
What Runs When Your Mac Starts? Managing Login and Background Items
Login items, background items, LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons start differently and come off differently. Learn to review, disable and safely remove each one.
Don't Leak Secrets in Screen Recordings: A Pre-Flight Checklist
A three-stage Mac checklist for keeping API keys, notifications and private tabs out of tutorials, plus why blur fails and what to do if a secret slips out.