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    How to restore permissions for username "system"?

    I was having a heck of a time with the OWC SSD in my old Mac Pro (High Sierra 10.13.6) and ended up re-installing High Sierra from scratch and using Migration Assistant to restore the rest from Time Machine. Along the way, I managed to bungle up my Home folder somehow and in the process of...
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    • admin app permissions high sierra mac os permissions system user
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    • Forum: macOS
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    Other How to add iSight + mic access for QuickTime 7 to Security & Privacy in macOS 10.8–10.14

    Earlier this year, I upgraded a MacBookPro8,1 (a late 2011 13-inch MBP) from High Sierra to a dosdude1-patched Mojave. From (I believe) Mountain Lion forward, Apple updated how other applications have access to key hardware components and software elements, via the new Security & Privacy...
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    • 32-bit application app permissions mojave quicktime 7 security & privacy sqlite
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    • Forum: Early Intel Macs
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    App Developers’ insights needed on app permissions

    Hello There! Wondering if any app developers on this forum can shed some light here. I have been trying to find this information for a while and couldn’t find it anywhere. Does anyone know what all system permissions do apps have by default? Even if I deny every permission the app asks, surely...
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    Running .app folders without having permissions

    So, this is my situation. I'm a student, learning some Python and the linux/bash shell. I have a Mac running mojave with almost everything locked down. I can't access my terminal, and I can't modify the applications folder. I know the workaround with installing applications outside of the...
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    All Apple-App Permissions Changed to "Everyone" & Can't Fix it?

    Hello all, I noticed the other day that when I Get Info on any Apple installed app But none of my other apps are messed with. just the apple default software, things like Safari, DVD Player and so on all the way into my Utilities folder and changed any apple utility like Disk utility and so on...
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