Running an AppleScript which tries to run a shell command with root privileges can fail. Here’s why, and what we can’t do about it.
privacy
Although 10.15.3 fixes a serious bug in Mail and Catalina is steadily maturing, there are many users who still shouldn’t upgrade.
The behaviour of quarantine flags, SIP flags, and the mysterious new com.apple.macl attribute, which never ceases to puzzle.
Despite the lack of documentation from Apple, here’s a full rundown on the only tool provided to control privacy settings.
Where are the tools for diagnosing and fixing features that don’t always ‘just work’? Turning to look at iCloud.
How does Catalina protect privacy of locations such as ~/Documents and removable volumes? What are your controls?
Inside the Privacy tab in the Security & Privacy pane, and some pitfalls which could leave your private data exposed.
If an admin user is a member of very few groups, that could have stopped you from using Taccy’s log browser. This update fixes that.
Confused by Catalina’s privacy protection? Here are the principles behind it, and the categories and structure of protected services and locations.
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.
The Eclectic Light Company 