I work in security as an intern, and I've been asked by my boss to look into disabling Siri on macOS Sierra. I noticed that there's no way to prevent users from re-enabling Siri even if it's disabled by an administrator.  I've tried using "csrutil disable" in Recovery Mode and editing Siri's .plist files, but it seems to have no effect. Is there any way to completely prevent any user from running Siri on macOS Sierra?
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I have answered 'No' to Siri initial prompt, but I can still see it in my process list. I've tried to kill it, but it loads again immediately. How can I unload and remove Siri from my Mac?
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Would it work if I run Siri on OS X El Capitan by copying Siri.app from macOS Sierra to the OS X El Capitan?  Just want to find out what exactly would happen even though OS X El Capitan doesn't support Siri.
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Whenever I try to use the dictation feature in OSX, it mutes my sound. I want to hear the audio I'm playing in iTunes or somewhere else while I have dictation enabled. How can I do that?
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Prior to Mojave 10.14.4, macOS would automatically attempt to mount locked Core Storage volumes, and if the necessary password was found in the current user's keychain this would occur automatically.  I've taken advantage of this behaviour until now to allow me to have multiple encrypted volumes that are all mounted automatically by successfully logging in to a user account on my encrypted startup volume.  However, macOS no longer appears to be attempting to mount Core Storage volumes automatically, despite the necessary passwords being in either my user keychain, or the system keychain, forcing me to mount them manually with Disk Utility. This isn't ideal as it ties the volumes to the user account, meaning if I log out the volumes are locked again.  This behaviour differs from encrypted APFS volumes, which mount automatically exactly as before. I know Apple is pushing us to move to APFS, but with still no conversion for AppleRAID (I'm not keen to erase and restore a multiple terabyte volume just to switch), and no use for Time Machine which still doesn't support an APFS backup volume.  Is there a way to restore or securely emulate the previous behaviour such that the volumes are unlocked automatically for all users?  In case the specifics of my setup are useful; my startup volume is an APFS encrypted volume that only my admin account is authorised to unlock, but I use other, standard, user accounts (one for work, one for general use etc.) when actually using my system. I then have an AppleRAID volume of several disks using Core Storage encryption, and a CS encrypted Time Machine disk.
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I've noticed a semi-handy feature on Apple Wireless Keyboard: quick pressing the caps lock key won't enable the caps lock, it needs a determined push. Benefits are obvious, it prevents accidental all-caps text when you actuALLY INTENDED TO PRESS 'A'.  Is there a way to hack this around? Adjust it or remove it completely? I like the idea, but for me it is more of a speed bump than a seat belt.  I have checked the keyboard preferences and the usability preferences as well. Keyboard delay is off and repeat delay is at minimum. There are no delay on other keys (well, except the eject key, but it requires even more determined press), and there is no delay when turning the caps lock off.  I'm on a Snow Leopard Lion and the wireless keyboard came with the mid-2010 iMac.    EDIT: It seems like the functionality is in the driver rather than in the keyboard itself. When using the keyboard in Windows 7 the caps lock key works in a regular manner. The drivers that Windows uses are standard HID Keyboard drivers provided by Microsoft.
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There's a serious problem that's come up especially in Mojave and Apple seems to not really be interested in resolving this from my discussions with engineers in the know. It especially manifests itself when opening certain apps and subprocesses therein (two examples are python and emacs). This didn't seem to be so much of a problem initially in Mojave, but it's getting worse and it most certainly was not a problem in High Sierra.  It appears to happen due to tccd ( ; there are many mentions of these issues in obscure spots around) somehow generating some additional overhead that wasn't present before in previous OS releases.  While Apple may consider this to be acceptable, there are many of us who are struggling with the additional time that it's adding to process spawning.  This seems to be able to be reproduced via any app that's existent under any of the sections under System Preferences → Security &amp; Privacy → Privacy.
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I'm disabling the cache from Safari developer menu, but each time I reboot my computer, the cache is re-enabled.  I'm looking for a permanent solution for disabling the cache.  Any ideas?
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As well as many of the other features talked about during macOS Mojave's release like dark mode and the addition of new apps like Home, another key feature of macOS Mojave seems to be it's heightened focus on both privacy and security.   As quoted under the "Camera and Microphone Now Require Your Permission" section of  article:      Apple also announced that other categories of data, such as your Messages history and Mail database, will be protected in a similar manner to macOS Mojave's new camera and microphone permissions.   I understand that after the update, when an app requests to use your camera or microphone, you will receive an alert like the one below:    However, I am more intrigued by the following:     ...other categories of data, such as your Messages history and Mail database, will be protected in a similar manner...   I have been unable to find much information about this online and I do not currently have the pre-release version of macOS Mojave installed and am therefore unable to test this new feature but I am curious to know what exactly this feature will mean.   Has Apple publicly documented how this will work?
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I have been looking around to turn off &quot;CMD + , (comma)&quot; opening password manager in Safari but there appears to be no option to do so (maybe I missed it). The same shortcut is used as subscript shortcut in Google Docs and it is really annoying during essays. Does anyone knows how to do such thing? Thank you beforehand! -It is marked as duplicate but the answer is not relevant.
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Fr. Br. George told in  (it's in Russian) that there are some access rights that superuser can not violate. That is there are some access right which can forbid superuser doing something.  I was not able to find this information on the Internet and I'm curious what they are. This is probably something related to the system's core execution, isn't it? Maybe he can not stop some system processes? Or maybe he can not run a process in real mode?  This question is no related to SELinux (George was talking about it right before the question).
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TL;DR, somehow ⌘⌥\ has become aliased to ⌘C on High Sierra (possibly earlier). I cannot for the life of me determine the source of this.  I first noticed this when invoking 1Password Mini began producing a system bell tone. I finally started to dig into the problem today. In the Keyboard preference pane, there are no conflicts with the ⌘⌥\ shortcut. So I disabled the shortcut in 1Password Mini. Tested, and system bell still sounds. When I attempted to re-add the shortcut, I get the following:    To be clear, this dialog displays when I carefully type ⌘⌥\ — I am not typing ⌘C.  So something has apparently aliased ⌘⌥\ as ⌘C. I have tested this further. If I highlight text, click on the Edit menu, and type ⌘⌥\, I briefly see the Copy item flash, and text is copied to the clipboard.  Any ideas? This is driving me nuts. I've quit all other applications, including menu items. I've checked the Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane for conflicts. And everything has come up short.  Update: I've installed Key Codes from the App Store, and even this application indicates I'm pressing ⌘C! However there's some slight differences that might provide useful information for debugging:  ⌘⌥\:    ⌘C:    Update 2:  As additional information, this happens with both an external Apple Wireless Keyboard as well as the internal keyboard on the MacBook Pro.  Update 3:  This is the full log from Key Codes, including modifier keys being pressed, up to and including pressing the \ key. It indicates immediately after the \ key is pressed (which it identifies as the c key), the c key is released and a modifier change is made as well (despite no keys actually having been released).
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Apple has introduced , also known as "rootless", with OS X 10.11, El Capitan. I understand this is a step for general protection against malware but as a developer I need write access to some of the files it locks away.  How do I disable this protection?
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I am downloading macOS Sierra from Mac App Store. But I have electricity problem here. Due to which my iMac will lose power after 2 hours. Now I want to pause the downloading so that I can resume the download later on. How can I do that?  Here is a screenshot.
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I wanted to change the name of my user as well as its home directory. Looking for a way to do this, I stumbled upon .  I did everything as described there, but since I restarted the computer, all that happened is, that I'm not an admin anymore.  I can't unlock anything under System Preferences > Users &amp; Groups, as well as I'm unable to edit /etc/sudoers/  What went wrong? whoami still shows my previous username..  How can I fix this mess? Am I screwed now?  macOS 10.13.4 btw
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How can I permanently disable the startup sound (or chime) in Yosemite?  (I am using a late-2014 13" macbook pro)  I already tried several options found here and there :    installed StartNinja.app => did not work installed Auto-Mute.app  => did not work tried to install the old StartupSound prefPane => did not work tried the command "sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%80" => volume does not change (I also tried other values than 80, such as 00, 01, or nothing)   NOTE: I know that it is possible to mute the next startup sound by turning the volume down, but this is not a permanent solution.
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This question is almost the same as , but with one major difference; I want to turn on/off Bluetooth from the command line (bash or similar), NOT from AppleScript - the answers for this I saw on superuser all used AppleScript.  I would guess that networksetup might be useful but have no idea what interface(s) to interact with - I would like an answer including a complete command I can run (and understand) - if device model matters, it's Snow Leopard on MacBook2,1 to MacBook7,1, except MacBook5,1, and if you can only do for 6,1 and 7,1 that's fine.
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Is it possible for a third party app to access macOS's clipboard content? I am asking in relation to copy &amp; paste sensitive data such as passwords and sensitive file content.