It removes the root account access; everything needs a sudo command. Don't get it. Offers nothing of importance.
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OS X El Capitan on the Mac App Store
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Re: OS X El Capitan on the Mac App Store
#12Weird, the public release is right there in app store, yet I am getting no option to upgrade the public beta version that I am on.
It’s not uncommon for the App Store/Software Update to make no distinction between the final GM seed and the production version, making it say you’re already up to date if you’re running the GM seed. They’re usually close enough to production that the GM seeds can update to x.x.1 type updates.
That said I’m downloading the official release now and installing it over my GM seed install simply to get beta releases of 10.11.1 to stop showing up in my updates tab.
Re: OS X El Capitan on the Mac App Store
#13Damn it, the .DS_Store files are back without the help from Asepsis! Now I must run clean.sh everytime I pack up my project. :( The time has come...
Re: OS X El Capitan on the Mac App Store
#14It removes the root account access; everything needs a sudo command. Don't get it. Offers nothing of importance.
I think you misunderstand how "rootless" works. Nothing is stopping you from using "sudo su" if you want to be root for some reason. The new security features prevent certain system files from being modified even if you are logged in as root. This can be disabled if you boot into recovery mode and use the terminal. More info: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documenta...
> The new security features prevent certain system files from being modified even if you are logged in as root.
As a superuser, this annoys me. As a security conscious sysadmin, I'm mostly OK with this, though the lack of access except via recovery mode makes for a potential aggravation (makes remote assistance hard).
Re: OS X El Capitan on the Mac App Store
#15Weird, the public release is right there in app store, yet I am getting no option to upgrade the public beta version that I am on.
It’s not uncommon for the App Store/Software Update to make no distinction between the final GM seed and the production version, making it say you’re already up to date if you’re running the GM seed. They’re usually close enough to production that the GM seeds can update to x.x.1 type updates. That said I’m downloading the official release now and installing it over my GM seed install simply to get beta releases of 1…
There is a setting to opt out of the beta track. Check out System Preferences > App Store.
Re: OS X El Capitan on the Mac App Store
#16Damn it, the .DS_Store files are back without the help from Asepsis! Now I must run clean.sh everytime I pack up my project. :( The time has come...
One solution that I've adopted: never use Finder.
Re: OS X El Capitan on the Mac App Store
#17Did they announce about this new OS? I don't remember hearing about it at all.