Startup Security Policy settings are not reflected in booted OS Privacy & Security panel options.

Hi Barney-15E.

The thing is, they actually ask you to specify which boot drive you want to set the Startup Security Settings on before you can make changes, and then if you've not booted from the drive you've selected, it tells you to boot from that drive so that you can make changes to those settings. Why would they take all that effort to force you to choose your boot drive so that you can make changes to those settings, only to then not have those settings actually take effect on the boot drive you've just selected? Seems like a bug to me, or like there are two teams at work here, and one isn't talking to the other.

If there was some reason that giving a user management of kernel extensions when booting off a non-internal non-Apple disk was not to be permitted, then they'd simply exclude the option for making the changes to allow it in Recovery Mode, but they don't. In fact, they implicitly state that by making these changes to these settings, you are giving the user permissions to manage these kernel extensions when booting off that external drive, it just doesn't work.

I think you may be right.

"Oh, you have more than 2 years' worth of photos? You need to buy a new Mac with a larger hard drive! Easy!"

Non-vanilla systems are a thorn in the side of any computer company trying to optimise profits, though. It's not hard to imagine this to be the case with Apple as well.

Gouging on disk storage pricing, not allowing you to upgrade your internal storage, but then also make life difficult for anyone who's storage requirements outgrow the capacity, it's a triple whammy of insensitivity and tone-deafness of a company who was basically propped up by the creative industries during their hardest times. It's hard not to be a little bitter about it, but I'm trying! :-)

Barney-15E wrote:

ileradeltercomondo wrote:

I think you may be right.

"Oh, you have more than 2 years' worth of photos? You need to buy a new Mac with a larger hard drive! Easy!"

I store my Photos Library on an external drive. it’s in the settings. Easy!

I store my movies and music there, too.

I was being facetious. I've been using Apple's computers almost exclusively since 1985. I am well aware of this, but thank-you for telling me this anyway, I think.

Are you actually able to help me with this problem? Do you maybe know someone else who can? If not, then thank-you for your insights, and I wish you all the best.

Sorry, that would be the T2 security chip. My bad.

Ok, clearly I have no idea. It’s definitely a M2Pro Mini. So whatever security method that uses is what I mean.

Didn't help. Thanks anyway. Let's see what the "Senior Engineer" at AppleCare says when they call me on Tuesday evening. I'll post it here in case it helps someone else.