Never work with children, animals or TCC. Its interface sprawls over two sections in System Settings, and its command tool can only wipe out its settings, forcing you to start from scratch.
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Untangling what in Privacy & Security is controlled by TCC, what resetting it really does, why you should do that before selecting it database, and what TCC does for iCloud.
Privacy, controlled by TCC and the Privacy & Security settings, can go wrong. Without documentation or good tools, it can prove hard to fix.
Unique because Location Services isn’t managed by TCC, but by its own locationd service, and is invariably shared in iCloud.
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.
Confused by Catalina’s privacy protection? Here are the principles behind it, and the categories and structure of protected services and locations.
Uninstall an app and it vanishes from the Privacy tab. But it hasn’t really gone – those consents will be reactivated if the app is replaced. Without you being informed.
