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  1. Zexthero

    MacOS Protection Gates

    Q: So in my invented scenario I'm installing a Legit app from a verified developer. - MacOS Let's say that for a "unspecified reason" the developer is including some malware in the next update for his app. If the app does not have access to -Sudo privileges -Administrator Privileges -Full...
  2. Alex23

    Duplicate folders on root level

    Hello experts, I was playing around in the Terminal yesterday learning some basic navigation commands from some video tutorials. I was able to display all the Folders and Files in the Root of my computer. I was also able to copy that info to a text file. Looking at it today, I think there are...
  3. M

    mount -uw fails with aerror 66 what to do?

    so i am running mac os 11 beta on a macbook2016. i open the terminal and type sudo mount -uw / to mount the system volume with write access. bud then i just get an aerror 66 is there anything i can do to be able to write to the systemvolume again? i also have sib and sib root authentication...
  4. CJ Dorschel

    Resolved Advice on upgrading from Mojave and Root Access

    As a Mac users for 15+ years, I've always upgraded to the most recent OS. However, as a developer I wasn't thrilled with some of the changes in Catalina, mainly how root access is handled esp as there are two Applications folders, one being System read only. I've always disabled SIP and...
  5. Y

    New install problems

    MacBook Air 7.2 Recently did a full erase of Sierra and installed Mojave. This should be a totally fresh install, including new Apple ID and new iPhone 8 with same new ID. System is running glitchy and slow--console is showing a few concerning things--is anyone willing to explain why...
  6. Azza1

    iPhone X wallet

    Hi, I had to restore my iphone x i Had a trust ethereum wallet on it The only restore i had was december 2017 I downloaded the wallet in february 2018 i restored in june 2018 i saved the passphrase in my notes I still have the exisiting device but when download wallet app again it has started as...
  7. F

    Editing WhatsApp filesystem

    Hi everyone, recently I wanted to transfer my whatsapp chat and media extracted from an iPhone backup and copy the files into a jailbroken one. What I did is extracting ChatStorage.sqlite on my computer (it is the file with all the messsages I suppose) and all the media related to each chat...
  8. M

    Phones Recommended resources for rooting Android?

    I'd appreciate any recommendations for good instructions/software for rooting Android. In my case specifically Moto G5 plus running android 7. There are obviously many options out there but I'm not sure which to trust. Along the same lines I'd like to make a full backup of my phone before...
  9. M

    Get a mystery "googleapis" computer name when I use sudo -i

    Hi, This is my first thread here. I use terminal to execute some program and I get a mystery "googleapis" as my computer name. Normally, it show up my computer name with root, the format such as this XXXdeMacBook:~ root#. The first XXXdeMacBook is my computer name and the root is the system...
  10. G

    How to make sure root account is disabled?

    Sorry, real amateur here. I read about this thing and how dangerous it is to have it open. https://support.apple.com/et-ee/HT204012 I haven't opened enabled it deliberately and the instructions look pretty big to do it by accident. At the login window, log in with the user name ”root” Does it...
  11. B

    Root user cant be disabled

    Hello, I am an inexperienced OS X user, and I started searching about user priviliges for a while just in case for security. And when I found out about root user, I started tinkering about my Macbooks unusual activites such as not waking up from sleep, sometimes running fans at full speed at...
  12. D

    Are these permissions correct for the system drive?

    I just happened to notice that the permissions of my boot drive are unusual. They say: Name Privilege system Read & Write wheel Read only everyone Read only I am still using Mavericks, by the way. Is that normal? I also have a partition with Snow Leopard and there it says...