Resolved Unable to delete apps

[JUMA55]

I have no idea. I've never used that terminal command to delete an Apple app. Just third party apps or files.

I answered yes and Terminal returned a not permitted message.

 

[eyoungren]

I answered yes and Terminal returned a not permitted message.

Sounds about right then for Apple apps I guess. Considering Apple has locked a lot of stuff down now.

 

[Boyd01]

This is mostly hidden from the user normally, but recent versions of MacOS have a "signed system volume" that you cannot alter (of if you do manage to alter, the original will get restored somehow). If you open the startup disk in the Finder you should see these four folders.

Open the System folder: everything inside there is protected. You'll see another Applications folder inside the System folder. These are the pre-installed apps that you cannot delete (AFAIK). It's part of the enhanced security, to prevent the core apps from being compromised.

More info here.

Signed system volume security

SSV not only helps prevent tampering with any Apple software that’s part of the operating system, it also makes macOS software update more reliable and much safer.

support.apple.com

 

[JUMA55]

This is mostly hidden from the user normally, but recent versions of MacOS have a "signed system volume" that you cannot alter (of if you do manage to alter, the original will get restored somehow). If you open the startup disk in the Finder you should see these four folders.

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Open the System folder: everything inside there is protected. You'll see another Applications folder inside the System folder. These are the pre-installed apps that you cannot delete (AFAIK). It's part of the enhanced security, to prevent the core apps from being compromised.


View attachment 2473795

More info here.

Signed system volume security

SSV not only helps prevent tampering with any Apple software that’s part of the operating system, it also makes macOS software update more reliable and much safer.

support.apple.com

Thank you for the information. It would be nice if one could delete apps one will never use. In my case iPhone Mirroring, Image Playground, Airport Utility and Boot Camp Assistant. Or would allow one not to install them when installing the OS like Microsoft does with Office.