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Many websites attempt to store cookies and other web page data on computers used to access online content. If you're not up to date, you can download and install the latest version of OS X via the Mac App Store located on the Dock or in the Applications folder. The version number appears beneath the OS X version name. This guide assumes you are using the latest public release of OS X El Capitan (10.11.6 as of initial writing), which you can check by clicking the  symbol in the menu bar at the top left of your screen and selecting "About This Mac". If you're interested in a similar overview covering Safari on iOS, check out this guide. While you may trust friends and family not to go searching through your web history, it's possible for them to unintentionally discover what you've been looking at, just by using Safari or performing an innocent search on your Mac. It also covers methods you can use to prevent traces of your browsing history from showing up on your computer.

This article runs through a number of methods you can use to gain more control over what gets shared, and who it gets shared with, whenever you use Apple's Safari browser to access the web on a Mac. Subscribers get access to an exclusive podcast, members-only stories, and a special community.Every time you visit a website you are sharing information about yourself with the outside world.

If you appreciate articles like this one, support us by becoming a Six Colors subscriber. If you’ve run into problems with VPNs since El Cap, I’d advise you to run a check and see if you’ve encountered the same problems.

I found one specific issue–the /etc/pf.anchors/com.apple file had been returned to its default version–and also restarted the VPN service, and everything seems to be working well once again. I’d been having some minor problems with the VPN since updating to 10.11, so I walked back through these steps to see if I could isolate the problems. Now the two have joined forces once again to update the guide for El Capitan. My guide through that process was an excellent walkthrough hosted by Macminicolo and authored by Rusty Ross. (Great if you want to make sure that you maintain a secure connection while on public Wi-Fi.) Warning: This story has not been updated in several years and may contain out-of-date information.Ī few months back I ran through using OS X Server on your Mac to set up a VPN, which allows you not only to access computers on your local network while you’re out and about, but also enables forwarding of all Internet traffic through the VPN connection.