Apple provides the ability to defer major macOS upgrades to prevent early adoption of major OS versions on managed devices. Having a major deferral in place that’s longer than an existing minor deferral may leave computers with an immediately pending macOS update after a macOS Upgrade, which could cause computers to rollback already applied securityContinue reading “Major macOS deferrals may rollback security fixes”
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How to run unsigned apps in macOS 15.1
Apple uses code signatures to verify app are created by a specific developer and haven’t been tampered with. This is done through Apple’s Gatekeeper process which blocks execution of known bad code or code with no signature at all. In versions of macOS prior to 15.1 you bypass this block by going to System SettingsContinue reading “How to run unsigned apps in macOS 15.1”
Tricking require an admin password to access system-wide settings
Summary macOS has a setting under System Settings > Security and Privacy > Advanced called “Require an administrator password to access system-wide settings” (I’m going to call it “require admin setting” from here out). The help section describes this option as “Prevent users from changing locked system settings without an administrator’s password.” Unfortunately the settingContinue reading “Tricking require an admin password to access system-wide settings”
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