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Magic Keyboard with Touch ID

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By Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches, Kernel extensions, Managing FileVault
| Apple Podcasts
The Magic Keyboard with Touch ID (and the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad) provides a Touch ID sensor in an external keyboard that can be used with any Mac with Apple silicon. The Magic Keyboard with Touch ID performs the role of the biometric sensor; it doesn’t store biometric templates, perform biometric matching, or enforce security policies (for example, having to enter the password after 48 hours without an unlock).
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Secure intent and connections to the Secure Enclave

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By Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches, Kernel extensions, Managing FileVault
| Apple Podcasts
Search the user guide Secure intent provides a way to confirm a user’s intent without any interaction with the operating system or Application Processor.
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Startup Disk security policy control for a Mac with Apple silicon

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By Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches, Kernel extensions, Managing FileVault
| Apple Podcasts
Overview Unlike security policies on an Intel-based Mac, security policies on a Mac with Apple silicon are for each installed operating system. This means that multiple installed macOS instances with different versions and security policies are supported on the same Mac. For this reason, an operating system picker has been added to Startup Security Utility. macOS storage selection to change the security policy.
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IPv6 security

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By Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches, Kernel extensions, Managing FileVault
| Apple Podcasts
Search the user guide All Apple operating systems support IPv6, implementing several mechanisms to protect the privacy of users and the stability of the networking stack. When Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) is used, the IPv6 addresses of all interfaces are generated in a way that prevents tracking devices across networks and at the same time allows for a good user experience by ensuring address stability when no network changes take place.
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Hardware microphone disconnect

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By MacBook Air, Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches
| Apple Podcasts
Search the user guide All Apple silicon-based Mac notebooks and Intel-based Mac notebooks with the Apple T2 Security Chip feature a hardware disconnect that disables the microphone whenever the lid is closed. On all 13-inch MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks with the T2 chip, all MacBook notebooks with a T2 chip from 2019 or later, and Mac notebooks with Apple silicon, this disconnect is implemented in hardware alone.
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Password Monitoring

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By Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches, Kernel extensions, Managing FileVault
| Apple Podcasts
Password Monitoring is a feature that matches passwords stored in your Password AutoFill keychain against a continuously updated and curated list of passwords known to have been exposed in leaks from different online organizations. If the feature is turned on, the monitoring protocol continuously matches your Password AutoFill keychain passwords against the curated list.
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Boot process for a Mac with Apple silicon

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By Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches, Kernel extensions, Managing FileVault
| Apple Podcasts
When a Mac with Apple silicon is turned on, it performs a boot process much like that of iPhone and iPad. Boot process steps when a Mac with Apple silicon is started. The chip executes code from the Boot ROM in the first step in the chain of trust. macOS secure boot on a Mac with Apple silicon verifies not only the operating system code itself, but also the security policies and even kexts (supported, though not recommended) configured by authorized users.
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Apple Platform Security

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By Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches, Kernel extensions, Managing FileVault
| Apple Podcasts
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Kernel extensions in macOS

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By Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches, Kernel extensions, Managing FileVault
| Apple
Starting with macOS 11, if third-party kernel extensions (kexts) are enabled, they can’t be loaded into the kernel on demand. Instead, they’re merged into an Auxiliary Kernel Collection (AuxKC), which is loaded during the boot process. For a Mac with Apple silicon, the measurement of the AuxKC is signed into the LocalPolicy (for previous hardware, the AuxKC resided on the data volume).
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Document revision history

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By Intel-based Mac computers, Trust caches, Kernel extensions, Managing FileVault
| Apple Podcasts
Added two new Express Mode transactions in Express Cards with power reserve . Secure intent and connections to the Secure Enclave . Malware Removal Tool additions in Protecting against malware in macOS . Updates to Managing FileVault in macOS and Command-line tools. Merged the iOS Security Guide, macOS Security Overview, and the Apple T2 Security Chip Overview Privacy Controls, Siri and Siri Suggestions, and Safari Intelligent Tracking Prevention have been removed.
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