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I have an iMac (macOS Catalina) When I check Preview/NEtwork....I see someone else's iMAC. I'm in an Apartment who provides free-wifi. Should I be concerned? I have nothing checked in the sharing file.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 7:00 AM

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Rudegar

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Dec 2, 2020 7:59 AM in response to laceyfromballwin

if you connect to a free wifi then you should see all other devices connected on their wifi

if you enable firewall and don't set it to share stuff you should be fine

Dec 2, 2020 8:09 AM in response to laceyfromballwin

THANK YOU! Then I'm okay.

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