Re:macOS no longer allows changing wifi mac address
by mmcwilliams on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:21AM
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Didn't the re-write happen around the time that Apple released and shifted to APFS? Not defending the new app, it is a huge misstep in my book, but it makes sense that there was a major overhaul to the Disk Utility app when they were introducing substantial new features for something as important as the file system.
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Re:macOS no longer allows changing wifi mac address
by LeoNatan25 on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:39AM
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I think both apps are a wrapper for diskutil or its underlying implementation. And UI-wise, APFS didn't warrant introduce any substantial UI changes, especially not ones that couldn't be added to the existing software.
Re:macOS no longer allows changing wifi mac address
by mmcwilliams on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:54AM
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They are but I was focusing on the impetus of the re-write, not defending the decision to hamstring the UI. I agree that it’s a regression but I think the patient was on the table when APFS came out and the new UI appears to have come at that point.