alt Hacker News> Codex Desktop for macOS triggers a persistent macOS Gatekeeper/SystemPolicy loop after launch.
As a Linux guy, I recently did some macOS development and was incredibly annoyed by the "security" features, which seem designed to shift blame for security issues from Apple to users.
macOS is constantly throwing up security screens and warnings about completely normal programs the user knowingly installed and trusted.
If a developer pays for an Apple Developer account, signs their software, and a user knowingly downloads and installs it, that software should be allowed to run and do what the user wants.
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Fully disagree. I actively want to know when a program tries to access my hard drive and stuff…
It is super annoying when you first set up a Mac and is really over the top. Definitely geared more towards the average user rather than developers. But, once you get through the barrage of approvals during initial use you're basically good to go for the lifetime of that machine. That said, I really wish there was a "I know what I'm doing" checkbox to avoid a lot of that BS...
I’ve been developing on MacOS for years and don’t think I’m familiar with what you’re talking about. I’m familiar with the warnings, but hardly ever see them.