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Every time I want to launch Photos.app or Photo Booth.app through Spotlight, it keeps flicking between one and the other almost with every key press... then whe

Every time I want to launch Photos.app or Photo Booth.app through Spotlight, it keeps flicking between one and the other almost with every key press... then when I think it's done, and am about to press enter, it updates the top result a millisecond before I hit enter.

gymbeaux 3y ago
Windows 11 search too
katbyte 3y ago
I replaced spotlight with alphred and found it to be more consistent (and accurate) with suggestions
lostlogin 3y ago
You could rename Photo Booth, or even better, delete it.
- rollcat 3y ago
  Nope. System Integrity Protection.
  - lostlogin 3y ago
    Argh. And bypassing that is a finicky 10+ step process. And software update will restore the apps. https://nektony.com/how-to/uninstall-default-apple-apps-on-mac https://nektony.com/how-to/uninstall-default-apple-apps-on-m...
    - rollcat 3y ago
      Why would I want to bypass that? Someone's been putting crazy amount of work to make the system foolproof, only for me to play the fool?
      - lostlogin 3y ago
        Removing apps you don’t want and will never use seems like something you should be able to do on your machine.
        rollcat 3y ago
        There are people who will run their graphical session as root, and throw in a "chmod -R 777 /" for good measure; and there are people who will go through convoluted steps to disable runtime kernel module loading, mount / read-only, and run their web browser in a container. Now I'm definitely not on the latter extreme, but if I can have a decently-hardened system out of the box, why would I throw that away just to remove a builtin app? Everything is a compromise, by the way.
        dylan604 3y ago
        Are we still talking about macOS? If so, sudo rm -f does not work on a file with the restricted flag set. Based on that, I don’t see how modifying it with a child would work either. SIP is powerful
        dylan604 3y ago
        stupid autocorrect, s/child/chmod/
        rcxdude 3y ago
        because people resent the system being hardened against them, basically.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    Last week, I helped a friend update their new to them older mac book air. I used my machine to download the most recent OS compatible with their model. Now that's completed, I tried removing the installer from my machine, only part of it will not delete because it has the restricted flag set. According to the internet, I can only delete this file by rebooting into special mode disabling SIP, delete the file, then reboot into normal mode. WTF is that bullshit? This isn't a critical installed file that's a crucial part of the OS. It's just an external file used to install an OS. Totally baffling
    - lostlogin 3y ago
      That’s hilarious. It used to be hard to track down specific versions of macOS, but if you can’t ever delete them I guess that’s solved.
      - dylan604 3y ago
        Sure, it’s hilarious as long as it’s not you. Otherwise, it’s beyond frustrating. Not sure about the hard to track down issue. If you have a Mac and the App Store, they’re there for the downloading. Trying to download to run in a VM on windows or Linux violating license agreement then it is not mine nor Apple’s issue
        lostlogin 3y ago
        For VMs, usually on Macs but also on licence violating machines. Whatever the need, it’s of no consequence to Apple that it was a struggle. Having it download as an app is irritating too as it adds steps with the conversion.

gymbeaux 3y ago

Windows 11 search too

katbyte 3y ago

I replaced spotlight with alphred and found it to be more consistent (and accurate) with suggestions

lostlogin 3y ago

You could rename Photo Booth, or even better, delete it.

rollcat 3y ago
Nope. System Integrity Protection.
- lostlogin 3y ago
  Argh. And bypassing that is a finicky 10+ step process. And software update will restore the apps. https://nektony.com/how-to/uninstall-default-apple-apps-on-mac https://nektony.com/how-to/uninstall-default-apple-apps-on-m...
  - rollcat 3y ago
    Why would I want to bypass that? Someone's been putting crazy amount of work to make the system foolproof, only for me to play the fool?
    - lostlogin 3y ago
      Removing apps you don’t want and will never use seems like something you should be able to do on your machine.
      - rollcat 3y ago
        There are people who will run their graphical session as root, and throw in a "chmod -R 777 /" for good measure; and there are people who will go through convoluted steps to disable runtime kernel module loading, mount / read-only, and run their web browser in a container. Now I'm definitely not on the latter extreme, but if I can have a decently-hardened system out of the box, why would I throw that away just to remove a builtin app? Everything is a compromise, by the way.
        dylan604 3y ago
        Are we still talking about macOS? If so, sudo rm -f does not work on a file with the restricted flag set. Based on that, I don’t see how modifying it with a child would work either. SIP is powerful
        dylan604 3y ago
        stupid autocorrect, s/child/chmod/
        rcxdude 3y ago
        because people resent the system being hardened against them, basically.
- dylan604 3y ago
  Last week, I helped a friend update their new to them older mac book air. I used my machine to download the most recent OS compatible with their model. Now that's completed, I tried removing the installer from my machine, only part of it will not delete because it has the restricted flag set. According to the internet, I can only delete this file by rebooting into special mode disabling SIP, delete the file, then reboot into normal mode. WTF is that bullshit? This isn't a critical installed file that's a crucial part of the OS. It's just an external file used to install an OS. Totally baffling
  - lostlogin 3y ago
    That’s hilarious. It used to be hard to track down specific versions of macOS, but if you can’t ever delete them I guess that’s solved.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      Sure, it’s hilarious as long as it’s not you. Otherwise, it’s beyond frustrating. Not sure about the hard to track down issue. If you have a Mac and the App Store, they’re there for the downloading. Trying to download to run in a VM on windows or Linux violating license agreement then it is not mine nor Apple’s issue
      - lostlogin 3y ago
        For VMs, usually on Macs but also on licence violating machines. Whatever the need, it’s of no consequence to Apple that it was a struggle. Having it download as an app is irritating too as it adds steps with the conversion.