I know Apple replaced the old permissions system with a new one, because I had to disable the new one to use my Evoluent Vertical mouse.
What are the downstream effects of disabling "System Integrity Protection"?
What are the alternatives?
Could disabling "System Integrity Protection" explain the bugs some of us are having with dvd drives?
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)
It would open your machine to potential hacking as well as loss of control over permissions change by badly designed installers. If security is a concern leave SIP alone.
Security matters, but being able to actually use the computer matters more, and the ergonomic mouse doesn't work without disabling the "System Integrity Protection."
Apple shouldn't have deleted permissions.
I would really like some suggestion for how to return to Yosemite without losing all my work in El Capitan, but I haven't found any.
Get a better mouse that doesn't require proprietary software. This is the smart solution.
I have coordination problems and I am struggling with rsi and constant pain, among other issues.
The mouse is an accessibility tool.
I switched from Linux to Mac OS X because I'd had hardware trouble and driver trouble using Linux.
Unfortunately, I can't use the mouse with Linux, and I haven't been able to test accessibility of other computers.
This has directions to disable and re-enable "System Integrity Protection."
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-fix-os-x-el-capitans-annoyances-1733836821
If and when a compatble driver comes along, will re-enabling "System Integrity Protection" sort out the security issues, or will something else be needed?
Marja E wrote:
I know Apple replaced the old permissions system with a new one, because I had to disable the new one to use my Evoluent Vertical mouse.
What are the downstream effects of disabling "System Integrity Protection"?
What are the alternatives?
Could disabling "System Integrity Protection" explain the bugs some of us are having with dvd drives?
Apple didn't remove or alter the underlying permissions at all. They put another layer on top of those permissions. Disabling SIP will make you no less secure than when you were running Yosemite (or other previous OS X version).
When they get around to writing the mouse drivers correctly, you can re-enable SIP. SIP mostly protects application bundles and Apple's system locations. A third-party developer should not have written to those locations in the first place, regardless of SIP.
"System Integrity Protection"
