I dropped and damaged my laptop and am now looking to have it repaired by an Apple approved service engineer. However, I am a little concerned about security with regards to my banking information etc. and wonder if creating a second user facility would allow my laptop to be accessed without my passwords and other information being vulnerable. I can still use the machine so creating a second user would not be a problem. Just concerned that I may have overlooked something, not having had to do this in the past. Thanks in advance.
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Repair advice needed.
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If I were in this position, I would back up any personal files not already backed up, wipe the Mac and set up as new with a temp account the day of repair. Doing that would give me ultimate security and peace of mind.
Or as Apple recommends, backup and turn on FileVault. Can't decrypt the drive without user passwords but techs can still boot machine to test that the machine works.
Thanks, gentlemen, for your advice. All I need to do now is find a local technician. My pal, Graham, who is Apple certified, now lives in North Wales, plus we have just moved to Norfolk. Might just go in for another MacBook. The one I have is about eight years old anyway and I bought it refurbished. Decisions, decisions............