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This is an issue with the installers. The fact that installers on macOS still work like in the 90s baffles me -- I thought they had done something smart with sa
by 14k12j41j211 6y ago
This is an issue with the installers. The fact that installers on macOS still work like in the 90s baffles me -- I thought they had done something smart with sandboxes, APIs for system privileges, and a "secure path" where user consent uses system-controlled GUI.
This issue mainly tells me that macOS installers are largely like a Windows .exe and Linux curl | sh (well, that's not true since it still needs to be signed…).
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoInstallers aren’t really the preferred way to distribute software on a Mac, unless you need special access to the system for some reason. Most Mac software is distributed as an application bundle that’s dragged wherever you want on the file system and then run by double-clicking.
- kitsunesoba 6y agoI would go as far to say that a good chunk of more technically inclined Mac users have a tendency to view any user facing software that requires an installer with suspicion.