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It's definitely a comprehensive guide, and disabling "phone home" services is the heaviest-hitting bit — but it's not a single large script for a reason, and as
by grrowl 11y ago
It's definitely a comprehensive guide, and disabling "phone home" services is the heaviest-hitting bit — but it's not a single large script for a reason, and as the guide mentions you should at least scan the list before blindly disabling agents named "CoreLocationAgent" and "notificationcenterui" and "TMCacheDelete".
- newman314 11y agoWhich "phone home" services would you suggest as being safe to disable in general?
- grrowl 11y agoIf you'd prefer being harder to track over having Time Machine, push notifications, and several sync services work, then you can disable most of them; if you'd prefer services to work and usability of your applications, none of them. If you're not sure of the nuances (or the pros/cons of using a "secure" Mac OSX install vs a secure Linux distro), you should research each of the services you're disabling to at least appreciate the attack surface each surface adds to your machine.