Macworld - USA (2019-10)

October 2019 • Macworld 97

BUYING GUIDE

writing to certain of the user’s home directories.

Only authorized apps such as Microsoft Word or

Apple’s Photos app are allowed to use the folders.

This blocks any ransomware that somehow gets

through and infects the system.

There’s also a long list of features that only

Microsoft Windows users get as part of the yearly

subscription. Mac users don’t get the webcam

protection, for example. Nor do Mac users get the

parental control features.

And while your Norton 360 subscription gets

you either 2 ‑ or 10GB of cloud backup space,

there’s no Mac software to make use of it (unless

you’re running a very, very old version of macOS).

This is where we would insert a frowning emoji, if

we didn’t eschew such things in our reviews.

There’s a long list of

features that only Microsoft

Windows users get

October 2019 • Macworld 97

BUYING GUIDE

writing to certain of the user’s home directories.

Only authorized apps such as Microsoft Word or

Apple’s Photos app are allowed to use the folders.

This blocks any ransomware that somehow gets

through and infects the system.

There’s also a long list of features that only

Microsoft Windows users get as part of the yearly

subscription. Mac users don’t get the webcam

protection, for example. Nor do Mac users get the

parental control features.

AndwhileyourNorton 360 subscriptiongets

youeither 2 ‑ or 10GB of cloud backup space,

there’s no Mac software to make use of it (unless

you’re running a very, very old version of macOS).

This is where we would insert a frowning emoji, if

we didn’t eschew such things in our reviews.

There’s a long list of
features that only Microsoft
Windows users get