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Why launch constraints can crash apps

One cause of an app crashing as soon as it’s launched, these constraints prevent you from running bundled apps copied elsewhere, and can now be used by third-party apps.

August 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

How to tell if an app is notarized

Although macOS won’t tell, Apparency will, even down to launch constraints. Other alternatives, and how to check in the command line.

August 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Does security impair usability?

Launching an app for the first time used be simple. Now we have the SSV, launch constraints and app translocation to contend with.

May 19, 2024 Macs, Technology

Where Safari hides and bundled apps crash

Look for Safari in /System/Applications and it’s not there any more. And an inactive boot volume group has no bundled apps in its main Applications folder.

October 24, 2023 Macs, Technology

Why won’t a system app or command tool run? Launch constraints and trust caches

Why won’t Ventura let you run a copy of one of its bundled apps, and why does it refuse to run some command tools?

June 13, 2023 Macs, Technology
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