The Security & Privacy group of the System Preferences window on your MacBook are where you protect your MacBook from unwanted users or where you can choose to turn off your firewall protection (not advised!).
Settings here are divided into three tabs:
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Changing the Security preferences for Mac OS X Snow Leopard is easy. You have options to use a firewall, enable the FileVault, and more. To access security preferences, open the System Preferences by clicking the gear icon on the dock and then choose the Security pane.
Settings here are divided into three tabs:
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To add a third-party application to the Allowed list, click the Advanced button at the bottom of the Firewall pane; then click the button with the plus sign. Navigate to the application that needs to communicate with the outside world. Click the application to select it and then click Add.
To delete an application from the list, select it and click the button with the minus sign. Remember, you don’t have to add any of the applications provided by Apple with Snow Leopard, such as Apple Mail, iChat, and Safari; only third-party applications that you install yourself need a firewall rule.
Mac Security Preferences Allow
You can edit the rule for a specific service or application by clicking the rule at the right side of the entry. By default, the rule reads Allow Incoming Connections (including both your local network and the Internet); however, when you click the rule, you can also choose Block Incoming Connections to temporarily deny access to that application.
Macintosh Security Preferences
If you suddenly can’t connect to other computers or share files that you originally could share, review the rules that you’ve enabled from this pane.
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