1. Don't like Gatekeeper? Run `sudo spctl --master-disable`. Afterwards, go to System Settings, Privacy & Security, and you'll have the option to allow applications from "Anywhere." You can now run unsigned code whenever you want. No notarization required. No disabling SIP required. Although, if you don't like SIP, `sudo csrutil disable` from Recovery Mode will do the trick. Don't like needing to "bless" your boot image to ensure a lack of tampering? `sudo authenticated-root disable` from recovery mode, and we're mostly back to the older days of macOS. Don't like code signing anywhere, even for system services? nvram boot-args="amfi_get_out_of_my_way=0x1" from recovery mode is all it takes.
I would never use a broken signed system volume on a work machine. However, good news, macOS lets you have completely isolated secure boot practices for each volume. As a result, you could have a fully-secure stock macOS with Apple Pay and all the features; and a macOS with no SSV, apps from Anywhere, and a homebuilt XNU kernel side-by-side without any loss in functionality.
2. "useless BS, parlor tricks, and gizmos" is equally applicable to Windows; and frankly many Linux distributions at this point. Only KDE was shameless enough to ship a rubber ball for my desktop (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/kde-bouncing-ball-plasma...). I actually do appreciate some of macOS's "parlor tricks" and use them regularly (such as "desk view" with my iPhone), so YMMV.
3. Don't like the in-box apps? Put them all in a folder, disable notifications, never think about them again. At least they won't nag you to turn them back on, like Windows begging you for a Game Pass trial. Or, if you're really hardcore, disable SIP, mount the root disk, delete them all, "bless" your disk image (unless you killed authenticated root), and reboot.
Sure … it’s possible to turn off security. But what I want is a working and secure system that isn’t annoying. macOS today feels as obnoxious as Windows Vista did in 2007. I still weep for everything we’ve lost since Snow Leopard (greatest OS release of all time)
Like yesterday double click title bar to maximize windows mysteriously stopped doing anything on my M4 MBP. Why??? Guess I’ll try a restart and see if it helps…
By release I’m referring to the whole 10.6.x series I have no illusion that 10.6.0 was some perfect bug free dvd. And by everything we’ve lost, I mean how the overall macOS experience degraded from the high snow leopard overall represented:
- grid Expose (Mission Control returning to the jumble in Lion… whyyyyy)
- persistent grid of virtual desktops
- one button access to widgets
- Fun, visually distinct and obviously interactive icons/buttons
- window title bars and proxy icons
- bundled apps like Pages and iPhoto before they were simplified/rewritten/dumbed down
- System Preferences (RIP) before they buried display settings and network things
- green traffic light maximizes window instead of annoying full screen thing
ok, how do I uninstall siri, screentime, alert center, apple intelligence, spotlight, tips, get back 32 bit support, remove the OS level advertising tracking support, and uninstall game center?
1. Don't like Gatekeeper? Run `sudo spctl --master-disable`. Afterwards, go to System Settings, Privacy & Security, and you'll have the option to allow applications from "Anywhere." You can now run unsigned code whenever you want. No notarization required. No disabling SIP required. Although, if you don't like SIP, `sudo csrutil disable` from Recovery Mode will do the trick. Don't like needing to "bless" your boot image to ensure a lack of tampering? `sudo authenticated-root disable` from recovery mode, and we're mostly back to the older days of macOS. Don't like code signing anywhere, even for system services? nvram boot-args="amfi_get_out_of_my_way=0x1" from recovery mode is all it takes.
I would never use a broken signed system volume on a work machine. However, good news, macOS lets you have completely isolated secure boot practices for each volume. As a result, you could have a fully-secure stock macOS with Apple Pay and all the features; and a macOS with no SSV, apps from Anywhere, and a homebuilt XNU kernel side-by-side without any loss in functionality.
2. "useless BS, parlor tricks, and gizmos" is equally applicable to Windows; and frankly many Linux distributions at this point. Only KDE was shameless enough to ship a rubber ball for my desktop (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/kde-bouncing-ball-plasma...). I actually do appreciate some of macOS's "parlor tricks" and use them regularly (such as "desk view" with my iPhone), so YMMV.
3. Don't like the in-box apps? Put them all in a folder, disable notifications, never think about them again. At least they won't nag you to turn them back on, like Windows begging you for a Game Pass trial. Or, if you're really hardcore, disable SIP, mount the root disk, delete them all, "bless" your disk image (unless you killed authenticated root), and reboot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/zhl71h/a_very_silly_...
https://gist.github.com/macshome/15f995a4e849acd75caf14f2e50...