Location Privacy is broken after installing 13.5 update

Yes the before and after are very correct 👍

Though, In the context of @ Locomotivation original query " Does 13.5 have a bug that makes it impossible to determine " and parsing the wording - Not a Bug but a Feature change

The Only Entity of Apple on there forums are the Apple Moderators

They work behind the scenes doing exactly that - moderating the forums.

IMHO - There has been sufficient advise offered for the User ( you ) to make an informed and educated choice what remedial actions are available to lodge their displease with this Feature change.

The suggestions have been put forth on a volunteer basis, in good faith and in the best interests of the computer.

You are so right! There are at least two other forums discussing it as a bug

You wonder why Ventura has the broken Location Privacy, so important to all of us.

Let's hope we will get a 13.5.1 soon that fix it.

My earlier post was deleted because I mentioned a Public Beta behaviour

and it's not allowed in these forums

I didn't know it. So I updated it.

Location permissions are actually stored in /private/var/db/locationd/clients.plist

With SIP disabled, you can delete/edit the file.

Entry for Chrome, permission denied

  "com.google.Chrome" =   {

    Authorized = 0;

    BundleId = "com.google.Chrome";

    BundlePath = "/Applications/Google Chrome.app";

    Registered = "";

    Requirement = "(identifier \\"com.google.Chrome\\" or identifier \\"com.google.Chrome.beta\\" or identifier \\"com.google.Chrome.dev\\" or identifier \\"com.google.Chrome.canary\\") and anchor apple generic and certificate 1[field.1.2.840.113635.100.6.2.6] /* exists */ and certificate leaf[field.1.2.840.113635.100.6.1.13] /* exists */ and certificate leaf[subject.OU] = EQHXZ8M8AV";

  };

Manual entry for Microsoft Edge, allowed

 "com.microsoft.edgemac" =   {

    Authorized = 1;

    BundleId = "com.microsoft.edgemac";

    BundlePath = "/Applications/Microsoft Edge.app";

    Registered = "";

    Requirement = "identifier \\"com.microsoft.edgemac\\" and anchor apple generic";

  };

They are busy fixing Web Apps.

"Web Apps - Resolved Issues - Fixed: After allowing permission access, the web app correctly appears in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services."

Pretty sweet feature, thanks Apple! Now that I've purchased and updated my new macbook pro I cannot watch Hulu on it due to needing to grant Chrome access to Location Services.

After reading the comments it looks like its possible to fix this by disabling SIP, but that shouldn't be the expectation for the common user. Get a fix in place!

Guess I will need to think twice before updating to the next available OS.

DamonL173 wrote:

Pretty sweet feature, thanks Apple! Now that I've purchased and updated my new macbook pro I cannot watch Hulu on it due to needing to grant Chrome access to Location Services.

Have you tried using Safari?

It's pretty important to remove the "Best answer" mark from the P. Phillips post which says the location services issue is not a bug. It sends a seriously wrong message and it might make other websites slightly cautious about calling out this very serious bug.

I called Apple support. They were very clear that it is a bug and they are working hard to fix it. There should definitely not be an accepted response to the contrary on an official Apple discussion forum.

BobZed wrote:

What factors allowed that post to be chosen as best answer? Is it just how many people clicked "Helpful"?

The original poster is in complete control of that. When you create a thread, you get to pick one "Best Answer" and two "Helpfuls". However, lots of people who are new to the forums (and some who aren't) don't quite understand how it works. Sometimes, you'll see people mark their own "Please why has no one answered me!?!" posts as "Best answer".

Sometimes you will see an "Apple recommended" answer. Those are chosen by the Hosts (Apple employees) in situations where the original poster hasn't selected a "Best Answer". I believe they base the choice on reading the answers and deciding which one best answers the question and does it in the way that reflects how Apple thinks it should be answered.

Thank you for confirming that! Hmm, I typically do get prompted for updates, but this one hasn't shown up on my M2 Pro Mac mini as of today. I'll see if I can get it "forced." Thanks again, I really appreciate it.

Tesserax wrote:

Thank you for confirming that! Hmm, I typically do get prompted for updates, but this one hasn't shown up on my M2 Pro Mac mini as of today. I'll see if I can get it "forced." Thanks again, I really appreciate it.

I'm usually a bit behind on my macOS updates.

BobZed wrote:

Your response, P. Phillips, is a bit hard to understand. It sounded like a reprimand, but I'm sure that was unintentional.

I find that I enjoy this site more if I keep in mind that community members come from a wide range of linguistic and cultural backgrounds. And, with the exception of the people pasting in answers from ChatGPT whose motives I've yet to discern, most people here are genuinely trying to help.