Mac anti virus

hi, No, i did not used any antivirus on apple mac os for years but for windows laptop i usually had good antivirus. apple os has strong security features if you want to use any antivirus its upto you, third party antiviruses can slow down the system.

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sorry, meant to reply to OP.

chadd210 wrote:

Hi - Im new to the Apple world with a Mac air m1. Does Mac OS Big Sur need an antivirus?

Thanks

Third party AV is not recommended— it typically does nothing but add issues to the macOS and competes directly with Apples own built in security:

macOS - Security - Apple https://www.apple.com/macos/security/

Apple Platform Security - Apple https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web