Apples tweaked a security feature in macOS Sequoia - and not everyones going to be happy about this

Date:
Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:50:16 +0000

Description:
Gatekeeper gets a change that may not be welcome, and a new public beta of macOS 15 has arrived.

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As we edge closer to the official release of macOS 15 , an interesting new security-related change has been spotted in Sequoia - although its one that might annoy some people.

With this move, Apple has made it slightly harder for users to sidestep its built-in Gatekeeper security function when theyre installing an application
in macOS.

For those not familiar with Gatekeeper, its designed to keep your Mac safe from apps that could contain malware. Essentially, Gatekeeper steers you towards downloading fully vetted apps from the App Store rather than being tempted by apps you can grab from anywhere on the web (which may present a greater security risk).

Currently, to avoid Gatekeepers interference when installing an app that you downloaded outside of the official store, you can Control-click to install
the software.

With this change, that shortcut to bypass Gatekeeper no longer works. As
Apple explains in a freshly published support document , the new way of working with Gatekeeper in macOS Sequoia involves going to System Settings > Privacy & Security , where you'll have to review security information for software before allowing it to run.

While we can appreciate that this is a security-tightening measure and an attempt to keep macOS devices more secure, making a shortcut into a slightly longer cut isnt exactly ideal. It will likely only annoy some macOS users, especially those who know what theyre doing and are confident that the app theyre installing is on the level. New public beta has arrived

By the way, this change isnt related to the new macOS Sequoia beta thats just been released; rather, it was spotted by an enterprising tester in a previous beta (and others have picked up on it, too, as MacRumors noticed).

Sadly, this third public beta of Sequoia doesnt really make anything in the way of big changes. No doubt there are a fair few fixes and tweaks going on under the hood, but the only minor addition weve actually spotted thus far is a new wallpaper ( one that was spotted hidden in macOS 15 already ).

That is a little disappointing, but as we get closer and closer to the official release of macOS Sequoia , we probably wont see any other major additions to the beta, especially now that iPhone Mirroring has already dropped (it arrived in the second public beta). Apple Intelligence isnt expected to debut on macOS until much later this year (theres currently a macOS 15.1 beta that developers are testing the AI feature in, but theres no news if this will hit a public beta, too). You might also like... iOS 18: new features, predicted release date, and everything we know ChatGPT update
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/mac-os/apples-tweaked-a-security-feature-i n-macos-sequoia-and-not-everyones-going-to-be-happy-about-this


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