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In Linux you can Mount a folder as a drive so maybe it’s possible on Mac too? Although it’s an annoying workaround.

kayodelycaon 3y ago
I think it is possible if you create an /etc/fstab file. I'm using fstab to mount an SD card readonly and prevent automatic mounting of a specific external drive.
highwaylights 3y ago
I mean, you can do a lot of things (osx-fuse etc.) - but it really feels like it should be supported by the Operating System as a standard feature. The permission system just makes very little sense being as broad as it is. The other thing is that on Linux that would probably work consistently once it's done whereas on macOS you'd always be waiting for it to break, or it would need to be set up again after every update etc. Sadly, on macOS it always feels like you're fighting against Apple to use your machine how you want - a certain amount of the bad experience feels like dark patterns because you didn't pay Apple's through-the-roof storage prices in the first place. The same is true of how Mac's limit external displays in software but that's a whole other kettle of fish.
- Someone 3y ago
  > because you didn't pay Apple's through-the-roof storage prices in the first place Are Apple’s prices “through the roof”? They seem comparable/equal to Google’s And what dark patterns exist if you only use the free plan?
  - Cockbrand 3y ago
    GP apparently refers to storage in the computer, not in the Cloud. The prices are indeed outrageous, but then customers pay them, so in the end it works out for Apple.
    - Someone 3y ago
      Yes, makes sense. I guess I’m getting old, as I think of that as ‘disk’.
- pxc 3y ago
  > The same is true of how Mac's limit external displays in software Really? I thought this limitation was in hardware (which is just as bad and just as much Apple's choice)
TylerE 3y ago
Doesn't help. Mac verifies access at this level no matter how many layers of indirection you use. Like, the permission is actually on, in linux terms, /dev/diskdevice instead of /mnt/drive.

I think it is possible if you create an /etc/fstab file. I'm using fstab to mount an SD card readonly and prevent automatic mounting of a specific external drive.

highwaylights 3y ago

I mean, you can do a lot of things (osx-fuse etc.) - but it really feels like it should be supported by the Operating System as a standard feature. The permission system just makes very little sense being as broad as it is. The other thing is that on Linux that would probably work consistently once it's done whereas on macOS you'd always be waiting for it to break, or it would need to be set up again after every update etc. Sadly, on macOS it always feels like you're fighting against Apple to use your machine how you want - a certain amount of the bad experience feels like dark patterns because you didn't pay Apple's through-the-roof storage prices in the first place. The same is true of how Mac's limit external displays in software but that's a whole other kettle of fish.

Someone 3y ago
> because you didn't pay Apple's through-the-roof storage prices in the first place Are Apple’s prices “through the roof”? They seem comparable/equal to Google’s And what dark patterns exist if you only use the free plan?
- Cockbrand 3y ago
  GP apparently refers to storage in the computer, not in the Cloud. The prices are indeed outrageous, but then customers pay them, so in the end it works out for Apple.
  - Someone 3y ago
    Yes, makes sense. I guess I’m getting old, as I think of that as ‘disk’.
pxc 3y ago
> The same is true of how Mac's limit external displays in software Really? I thought this limitation was in hardware (which is just as bad and just as much Apple's choice)

TylerE 3y ago

Doesn't help. Mac verifies access at this level no matter how many layers of indirection you use. Like, the permission is actually on, in linux terms, /dev/diskdevice instead of /mnt/drive.