While the firewall in OS X is meant to be straightforward and simple, the idea of which settings are preferred can be a little confusing. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for ...

For some time now we've been following an issue where Adobe CS3 installation turns off the Mac OS X Firewall and turns on TCP access to ports 3703, 3704, 50900 and 50901 without notifying the user As ...

Something that has been bugging me for awhile. I helped my in-laws tweak a MacBook with Snow Leopard and I seem to remember that the firewall's default configuration is "off". This wasn't a big issue, ...