Tag: security
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Easy sign-in to the Australian Tax Office website
There’s now a new option to use your Apple Passkey to log into myGov. To set it up go to the myGov page, then go to the top menu called ‘My Account’ and select the dropdown called ‘Account settings’.
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What is a ‘passkey’ for google and how do I use it?
Here’s how to set up passkey access to your Google account. This is a handy piece of integration between Google and Apple who don’t usually play nicely together!
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Allowing programs from unidentified developers
“This Program can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer” Apple are getting tighter on which software they allow you to run on your computer. This is good because it avoids you getting any malware on your computer from bad software developers. But it also means that some legitimate software won’t run. If…
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‘Accessibility needs to be enabled’ error in Catalina
In OSX Catailna Apple have introduced lots of security ‘Features’ which make it harder to install and run software, especially with software that interacts with other applications. You may get a warning telling you that accessibility needs to be enabled. Here is how you can turn it on for a particular application.
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How to sign a PDF document in OS X.
In this document I write about how to edit a PDF file using the built-in OS X preview app. But sometimes you need to add your signature to a PDF document. Well here is some good news – you can also sign a document right from within the preview app. Thanks to Bryson who pointed…
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Make sure you are using strong passwords
News.com.au today published an article encouraging people to change their email passwords. The article begins “The email addresses and passwords of 771 million people have been published online during a gigantic data leak”. This is not exactly correct. What has happened is that login information from various companies has been hacked into over the…
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Does heartbleed affect Apple Macintosh users?
You might have heard on the news or web about the ‘heartbleed’ bug. I want to answer two questions: Does it affect Macintosh users? Do I need to do anything about it?
