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mcAfee firewall won’t stay enabled

Mac properties show firewall is on but McAfee total protection alert is to turn on firewall. Can’t turn on McAfee firewall even when Mac firewall is turned off

iMac 27", macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 20, 2019 11:43 AM

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Feb 20, 2019 12:00 PM in response to mallamich

Pretend that your Mac is not a Windows box, and uninstall that McAfee crap. Years of posts from other users here indicate that it will continuously interfere with the normal operation of your Mac until fully uninstalled. There are no viruses on the Mac, and it does have built-in security for a reason. If you need a deeper read on macOS security, here is a downloadable, Apple PDF entitled macOS Security Overview.

mcAfee firewall won’t stay enabled

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