Where does Apple warn the user that four stray files in an unprotected folder are specially protected by the Sandbox kernel extension?
TCC
Additional to the protected folders listed in the Privacy pane, macOS has a secret list of files which are also read-only. Apple hasn’t documented these.
Unique because Location Services isn’t managed by TCC, but by its own locationd service, and is invariably shared in iCloud.
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.
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.
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