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Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by brundolf »

djsumdog wrote: post #50
brundolf wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know about you, but hashes of the binaries I run don't exactly reveal any sensitive personal information about me. That said, obviously they should have much more graceful degradation in place for when something is wrong with the service.

In this case, isn't the hash of the binary consistent across all devices, so Apples can in fact derive exactly which binary you're running (assuming they have a large database of application binary and hashes)?

Yes. My personal data involves what I do within those apps, not which ones they are.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by projektfu »

elitepleb wrote: post #86
beamatronic wrote: post #67

Define “taking down”

Ypu have to send a hash of every program you run. Unix workflows like to call hundreds of small programs. If Apple doesn't respond in time, your system halts.

That is a little surprising to me and I'm now glad I held off on buying one of the new macs.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by nateberkopec »

Pensacola wrote: post #79

I did experience a very strange slowdown earlier today, and other odd behavior - first, a massive slowdown and then on a reboot, the keyboard wasn't found. After some tinkering, it's all better now - though I don't know that the tinkering actually did anything.

Explanation of the keyboard behavior: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24839101

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by jrib »

read_if_gay_ wrote: post #57
submeta wrote: post #2

Unbelievable. When I read the tweet (tried to post here as well), I suddenly realized why my Mac was unresponsive an hour ago. Here is another tweet that describes the problem in more detail: https://mobile.twitter.com/llanga/status/1326989724704268289 > I am currently unable to work because macOS sends hashes of every opened executable to some server of theirs and when `trustd` and `syspolicyd` are unable to do so,…

I started panicking mildly thinking my drive was failing or something. And just before this, I finally managed to fix Spotlight pegging one core at 100% constantly. Next thing, I reboot into a laggy system. macOS is my favorite OS, but the shit I put up with... it's basically an abusive relationship at this point.

yeah, I had spotlight thrashing my disk too. Odd.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by rubatuga »

Pensacola wrote: post #79

I did experience a very strange slowdown earlier today, and other odd behavior - first, a massive slowdown and then on a reboot, the keyboard wasn't found. After some tinkering, it's all better now - though I don't know that the tinkering actually did anything.

Same, keyboard and trackpad stopped working momentarily.
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