Hey guys,
So my transition to the Apple ecosystem as of two years ago has certainly not been the height of enjoyment that I thought it would be. So many bugs and stupid UI decisions.
Either way, I'm in this mess now and I want to start focusing on fixing some niggly annoyances rather than getting frustrated every day.
I want to start with security. I'm not even going to get into how dumb it is that my £4,000 macbook can't use its fingerprint scanner when Apple needs my password as that's unfixable, but what I do hope to fix is the number of times I get asked for my password overall.
Personally, i understand having to enter a password once. To log in. What i don't understand, is when i try to install something, uninstall something, change something, open something etc etc etc it asks me, over and over again. I'm the only person who uses my computer, im the only admin user - its ridiculous. Please apple, just let ME take the risk over MY Macs security. My private gate and CCTV is all the security I need thanks.
I also hate the fact that every time i install something, not from the app store, i gives me a warning that I can't install it as my mac is set up to only allow mac apps. It doesn't give me much instruction beyond here, but I luckily know I have to open settings, browse to security, then click the open button. Oh and they give me NO such option to make it anything but "allow mac apps only" - I really want a, allow everything option to exist.
What made me write this post, is i am using an xBox controller on my mac to play certain games. To run it, i need a 3rd party driver. For the driver to function i need to open the driver settings and disable the driver and enable it again (temporary bug with the driver). But when i disable it PASSWORD PROMPT ... and then 1 second later when i enable it from the same screen... PASSWORD PROMPT.
Jesus H Christ this is an annoying operating system.
Are my frustrations legit... or has my newb'ness to Macos hindered me from finding the holy grail of security options somewhere?
So my transition to the Apple ecosystem as of two years ago has certainly not been the height of enjoyment that I thought it would be. So many bugs and stupid UI decisions.
Either way, I'm in this mess now and I want to start focusing on fixing some niggly annoyances rather than getting frustrated every day.
I want to start with security. I'm not even going to get into how dumb it is that my £4,000 macbook can't use its fingerprint scanner when Apple needs my password as that's unfixable, but what I do hope to fix is the number of times I get asked for my password overall.
Personally, i understand having to enter a password once. To log in. What i don't understand, is when i try to install something, uninstall something, change something, open something etc etc etc it asks me, over and over again. I'm the only person who uses my computer, im the only admin user - its ridiculous. Please apple, just let ME take the risk over MY Macs security. My private gate and CCTV is all the security I need thanks.
I also hate the fact that every time i install something, not from the app store, i gives me a warning that I can't install it as my mac is set up to only allow mac apps. It doesn't give me much instruction beyond here, but I luckily know I have to open settings, browse to security, then click the open button. Oh and they give me NO such option to make it anything but "allow mac apps only" - I really want a, allow everything option to exist.
What made me write this post, is i am using an xBox controller on my mac to play certain games. To run it, i need a 3rd party driver. For the driver to function i need to open the driver settings and disable the driver and enable it again (temporary bug with the driver). But when i disable it PASSWORD PROMPT ... and then 1 second later when i enable it from the same screen... PASSWORD PROMPT.
Jesus H Christ this is an annoying operating system.
Are my frustrations legit... or has my newb'ness to Macos hindered me from finding the holy grail of security options somewhere?