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J. Vigo, Jr.Hardening Your Macshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8939-6_5

5. (Return of) the Mac

Jesus Vigo, Jr.1  
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Miami, FL, USA
 

Apple wasn’t always the consumer’s platform of choice. Through the decades, Apple has seen a fluctuation in adoption that has affected its market share. To better understand the current state of security of macOS and gain insight into where its headed, it’s good to revisit Apple’s history because it does play a role in combating misconceptions that linger to this very day.

For those of us that have been around long enough (i.e., since the mid-1980s), we know that the Mac never left. While this is not a summary of Apple’s journey ...

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