Confused by Catalina’s privacy protection? Here are the principles behind it, and the categories and structure of protected services and locations.
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The list of apps in my Files and Folders list grows steadily as they need to access my external SSD. And there’s nothing I can do about that.
Tips to help you investigate and tackle problems arising in Catalina with its new privacy protections, particularly those of folders such as Documents.
Adds kernel messages to the log excerpts, making them more useful in diagnosing privacy problems, and greatly improvements their formatting.
When it comes to basics, we like consistency. Imagine what life would be like if every so often […]
When you can’t save to somewhere else, only to your startup volume, even though you’ve shown user intent. Privacy through perversity perhaps?
If you use the feature in Consolation 3, or in the next version of Ulbow, to write a […]
What’s the point of impressive Finder illusions when users can’t rely on your explanation of how to erase a disk? Apple’s problems of 2019 considered.
What to do, when you can, before taking or sending your Mac in for service or repair. What about FileVault? And Activation Lock?
How does Catalina’s new privacy protection extend to folders such as ~/Documents? New information fills in detail.
The Eclectic Light Company 