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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Better to wait for 10.11?
Date: 13 Sep 2015 21:01:45 GMT
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On 2015-09-13, Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
> David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>> The protected directories are everything under:
>> 
>> /bin
>> /sbin
>> /usr (except for /usr/local)
>> /System
>> /Applications/Utilities
>> 
>> Apple-supplied applications in /Applications are also protected (e.g.
>> you won't be able to modify the contents of Mail.app unless you disabled
>> SIP).
>
> I don't quite get Apple's logic in protecting /Applications/Utilities as
> a folder. If you're going to protect particular items in /Applications,
> why not do the same for particular items in its Utilities subfolder
> while preserving the user's ability to add non-Apple items to it? 

I would imagine most end users don't bother to install third-party
applications in /Applications/Utilities (and most third-party installers
place their applications into /Applications or ~/Applications). So what
remains is Apple applications. I guess Apple wants to keep it that way.

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