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How do I assign to myself (administrator) the right to write in otherwise 'read only' system applications in macOS Catalina 10.15.7? I wanted to remove/delete some of the system applications that don't have utility to me like Stocks and few others. When I try to add myself, a pop-up says 'the operation can not be completed because you don't have the necessary permission!?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
otich23 wrote:
Thanks for replying Viking OSX! I don't plan to tamper with the applications files per se and cause all sorts of problem to my mac, then come here again ask for solutions. I was asking apple discussions how I would be able to give myself 'read and write' rights to these files so I can remove needless, undesired, and extraneous files that have nothing to do with how my mac performs!
You can't give yourself Read/Write permissions on a Read-only file system.
You can boot from another startup source, mount the drive, and modify it that way. One option is Terminal in Recovery.
otich23 wrote:
Thanks for replying Viking OSX! I don't plan to tamper with the applications files per se and cause all sorts of problem to my mac, then come here again ask for solutions. I was asking apple discussions how I would be able to give myself 'read and write' rights to these files so I can remove needless, undesired, and extraneous files that have nothing to do with how my mac performs!
You can't give yourself Read/Write permissions on a Read-only file system.
You can boot from another startup source, mount the drive, and modify it that way. One option is Terminal in Recovery.
Apple put them on a read-only parition to prevent users with any privilege from tampering with the operating system as supplied by Apple. All you can do is ignore those applications that have no use to you, like it or not.
Thanks for replying Viking OSX! I don't plan to tamper with the applications files per se and cause all sorts of problem to my mac, then come here again ask for solutions. I was asking apple discussions how I would be able to give myself 'read and write' rights to these files so I can remove needless, undesired, and extraneous files that have nothing to do with how my mac performs!
"You can boot from another startup source, mount the drive, and modify it that way. One option is Terminal in Recovery."
The above-quoted lead was very helpful. I started with it and supplemented by some information on Apple Developer Forums, I was able to successfully remove/delete NUE (needless, undesired, and extraneous) system application files. Thank you!
But I found more, it is possible to assign read and write rights by this: sudo chmod - R 775 /your\ folder\
However, I did not try it, as my purpose for wanting to be assigned read and write rights was simply to remove NUE files. I was able to remove them directly without having to use it or go through it.
Sure, you can assign yourself read/write permissions while it’s mounted read/write, but that will do you absolutely no good when it’s mounted normally read only. There are no permissions that will allow you to write to or delete from a read only drive
Barney-15E, I'm gonna try your suggestion now, and come back at you whether this worked or not. Thanks a lot!
Assignment of Right to Write in System Applications in macOS Catalina
