MacBook For Dummies, 9th Edition

Chapter 23

Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague

IN THIS CHAPTER

Banishing older and refurbished devices

Shunning phishing expeditions and pirated software

Skirting viruses and malware

Keeping liquids at arm’s length

Steering clear of the root/System Administrator account

Sidestepping unsecured public wireless networks

If you’ve read other books that I’ve written in the For Dummies series, you might recognize the title of this chapter. It’s one of my favorite Part of Tens subjects. I don’t like to see any computer owner fall prey to pitfalls. Some pitfalls are minor (such as not keeping your laptop clean), and others are downright catastrophic (such as providing valuable information over the Internet to persons unknown).

All these potential mistakes, however, have one thing in common: They’re easy to prevent with a little common sense as long as you’re aware of them. And making you ...