Standard users aren’t allowed to chang other users’ settings, but they’ve long been able to update macOS, and for the last 3 years to install full upgrades. Should this change?
privileges
Malware tries to trick you into providing it your password. How to recognise genuine requests from those fakes.
There’s a lot standing between your app and what it can edit and save: POSIX permissions, ACLs, SIP, TCC, and maybe the sandbox too.
While you may feel more comfortable working with the more limited privileges of a normal rather than admin user, does that improve security?
Why does almost every Mac user use their system in an admin role? Shouldn’t macOS encourage us to be ‘normal’ users?
How to run a shell command with root privileges from with Swift. The roundabout way.
Is there a sudo facility outside Terminal?
The Eclectic Light Company 