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This article is from 2018. Many of the points made in this post have since been addressed by macOS, and continue to be addressed. In fact, some of the issues

This article is from 2018. Many of the points made in this post have since been addressed by macOS, and continue to be addressed. In fact, some of the issues the author complains about were addressed by the macOS in 2018.

jcelerier 5y ago
Making it an OS more hated by the day.
- klodolph 5y ago
  I mean, that’s actually a fair observation, at least on HN. A lot of people on HN do complain about the changes. There’s a tradeoff between security and convenience. Making something more secure is, essentially, making it harder to use for undesired use cases. The side effect is inevitably that it also makes it harder to use for legitimate use cases.
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  - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
    I have a suspicion that the most vocal complainers don't even use it.
    - jcelerier 5y ago
      I am sadly typing this on a mac right now and it's a constant pain versus my main linux system (which is in a lot of aspects also a big pain when I think about how simply everything worked in win98). Have to right-click > open every other app I use, gatekeeper blocking apps for no good reason, etc etc
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  I really like the way macOS is getting more secure. It just seems like good engineering if nothing else - why do applications get to access devices by default?
fouc 5y ago
does macOS have any way of detecting/showing/preventing screenshots/screenrecordings? I'm not sure if newer macOS versions have that kind of fine-grained control over privacy.
- LucidLynx 5y ago
  Yes, there is the "Screen recording" parameter in Security & Privacy settings. Also, I remember getting some issues with apps like "Bartender 3" that requires taking screenshots regularly to rearrange the top bar (!!) [1]. Never accepted that and moved to another app... [1] About the "Screen Recording" permission for "Bartender 3": https://www.macbartender.com/Screen-Recording-Permission/ https://www.macbartender.com/Screen-Recording-Permission/

jcelerier 5y ago

Making it an OS more hated by the day.

klodolph 5y ago
I mean, that’s actually a fair observation, at least on HN. A lot of people on HN do complain about the changes. There’s a tradeoff between security and convenience. Making something more secure is, essentially, making it harder to use for undesired use cases. The side effect is inevitably that it also makes it harder to use for legitimate use cases.
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- tonyedgecombe 5y ago
  I have a suspicion that the most vocal complainers don't even use it.
  - jcelerier 5y ago
    I am sadly typing this on a mac right now and it's a constant pain versus my main linux system (which is in a lot of aspects also a big pain when I think about how simply everything worked in win98). Have to right-click > open every other app I use, gatekeeper blocking apps for no good reason, etc etc
chrisseaton 5y ago
I really like the way macOS is getting more secure. It just seems like good engineering if nothing else - why do applications get to access devices by default?

fouc 5y ago

does macOS have any way of detecting/showing/preventing screenshots/screenrecordings? I'm not sure if newer macOS versions have that kind of fine-grained control over privacy.

LucidLynx 5y ago
Yes, there is the "Screen recording" parameter in Security & Privacy settings. Also, I remember getting some issues with apps like "Bartender 3" that requires taking screenshots regularly to rearrange the top bar (!!) [1]. Never accepted that and moved to another app... [1] About the "Screen Recording" permission for "Bartender 3": https://www.macbartender.com/Screen-Recording-Permission/ https://www.macbartender.com/Screen-Recording-Permission/