Command-space FacetimeYou won’t be able to access the folder without the correct password.
With Catalina, I was able to do that without any problem ( remove apps)You can't delete or hide the built-in apps like Mail, Books, Facetime, etc.
Catalina and Big Sur split the drive into two volumes, a protected System Volume and an writeable Data Volume, like this --
Macintosh HD (System Volume, read-only)
Macintosh HD - Data (Data Volume, writeable)
Once the computer has booted up, the System Volume is locked down. You can't make any changes to it. Even if you boot from a different volume, the System Volume is locked. (I just tried it...)
The pre-installed apps (mentioned above) are installed in the Applications folder on the protected System volume.
The magic Apple does is to blend the directory of the protected System Applications folder with the writeable Data Applications folder so it all looks like one big folder.
When you install a new program, i.e. Pages, it goes into the Data Applications folder. But it looks like all the apps, protected and writeable, are in the same folder. You can delete Pages, but you can't delete Notes. You can't even create a folder in the protected System volume and move the protected apps into them.
If you need to remove some of those protected apps, the only thing you can do is to remove them from the dock, as I have done with Facetime, Messages, Photos and a few others, and I have put Activity Monitor and Terminal onto the dock.
With Catalina, I was able to do that without any problem ( remove apps)
Applications % sudo mkdir dontuse
Password:
mkdir: dontuse: Read-only file system
rm: Chess.app/Contents: Read-only file system
You can remove them in Catalina. And very easy.You can't delete or hide the built-in apps like Mail, Books, Facetime, etc.
Catalina and Big Sur split the drive into two volumes, a protected System Volume and an writeable Data Volume, like this --
I haven't confirmed that (I will in a minute). However, Big Sur locks down the System Volume even more than Catalina does.
It has been two weeks, that I'm looking for the solution! I'm desperate at that point!You can remove them in Catalina. And very easy.
Disable SIP with csrutil disable
Then boot and run "sudo mount -uw /" in terminal.
After that you can remove default apps.
@isabelled90 I get you ... i find it annoying especially that there are a lot of apps not even available in my country!
If you do find an option for Big Sur and it works, please post it
try this way:I haven't confirmed that (I will in a minute). However, Big Sur locks down the System Volume even more than Catalina does.
Ok, I have switched back to Catalina.
I went into the Applications folder, made a new folder, and moved Chess (protected app) into it. I then had the original copy of Chess and a new copy in the "Don't Use" folder.
I then used the Terminal and cd'ed into /System/Applications, where the protected apps are.
If I tried to make a new 'dontuse' folder, it says
so I can't make a new folder there. If I try to delete an app, i.e. Chess, it gives meCode:Applications % sudo mkdir dontuse Password: mkdir: dontuse: Read-only file system
Code:rm: Chess.app/Contents: Read-only file system
So, what apps were you able to remove under Catalina?
try this way:
Disable SIP with csrutil disable
type: sudo mount -uw / type your log-in password (Optional restart if first try does not work)
sudo reboot type: cd /System/Applications/
type: sudo rm -rf Facetime.app/
% sudo mount -uw /
Password:
mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Permission denied
mount: / failed with 66
Apple shouldn't be able to limit the user freedom to delete some apps..
how to put a app into a folder?You won’t be able to access the folder without the correct password.
I think it's more likely that when you boot Big Sur you're actually booting from a system snapshot - not the protected system.Ok, more to this problem.
You can mount a Big Sur volume from another installation of Big Sur. I have two, one for the latest official release of BS, and one for the latest Beta Release. Official release is on BigSurSSD and Beta is on BigSurFusion.
It seems that under Big Sur the protected System Applications folder is self-healing on re-boot. This doesn't happen under Catalina.
- I booted into BigSurFusion.
- Mounted BigSurSSD with 'sudo mount -uw /Volumes/BigSurSSD'
- Used Terminal to cd into the protected System folder with 'cd /Volumes/BigSurSSD/System/Applications'
- Deleted Chess with 'sudo rm -Rf Chess.app/'. It disappeared. Couldn't see it with Finder or Terminal.
- Rebooted into BigSurSSD. Went into the Applications folder, Chess had re-appeared.
- Same if I created a 'dontuse' folder and moved the app into there. On rebooting, it re-appeared.
You kept the useless Books.app ?try this
from terminal:
mkdir mnt
sudo mount -o nobrowse -t apfs /dev/disk1s5 mnt/
(make sure disk1s5, or whatever your disk)
once mounted
sudo rm -rf mnt and drag application to completed
it should look
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/FaceTime.app
if this is not working, try it from root account
but make sure you disable
csrutil disable
csrutil authenticated-root disable f
rom recovery first.
once done you need to bless volume
sudo bless --folder mnt/System/Library/CoreServices --bootefi --create-snapshot && sudo reboot
Worked for me on intel MBR, i havent trying it on M1
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/Home.app
echo "[OK] Home"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/Dashboard.app
echo "[OK] Dashboard.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/FaceTime.app
echo "[OK] FaceTime.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/News.app
echo "[OK] News.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/Messages.app
echo "[OK] Messages.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/Siri.app
echo "[OK] Siri.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/Photos.app
echo "[OK] Photos.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/Stocks.app
echo "[OK] Stocks.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/VoiceMemos.app
echo "[OK] VoiceMemos.app"
sudo rm -rf mntApplications/Stickies.app
echo "[OK] Stickies.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/Maps.app
echo "[OK] Maps.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/Photo\ Booth.app
echo "[OK] Photos.app"
sudo rm -rf mnt/Applications/QuickTime\ Player.app
echo "[OK] QuickTime"
this what i removed
Wrong! I can delete default apps on iOSApple sells an experience in a closed system. Phones are the same way. The experience they sell, is about the integration of all devices that have those apps, as such, it is core to the OS.
Not at all out of mind. For example, I want to delete the Music app and the Books app.Would not recommend to butcher the system volume like this. Not unless it is unavoidable. Suspect it makes troubleshooting more difficult later on.
Could just remove those apps from the dock and turn off their notifications.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Go ahead and remove the Health app, Wallet, Safari, Messages, Clock, Magnifer ... to your point, they have allowed more to the list, but still not as free as a Google Pixel, for example.Wrong! I can delete default apps on iOS
I should be able to do the same thing on Mac. Expecially the apps that are not available in my country (example: TV)