Push-Button Installer of macOS Guests in VirtualBox for Windows, Linux, macOS

Re:Push-Button Installer of macOS Guests in VirtualBox for W... by saagarjha on Sunday May 24, 2020 @01:40AM (#23289402)

> I asked if he tried `sudo chmod -x /Applications/iTunes.app`. We tried it, and I don't understand why he was so surprised that it worked, and remained a permanent solution to his issue.

Now, if you had tried to do the same with pretty much any other app that shipped with the system you would be unable to.

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Re:Push-Button Installer of macOS Guests in VirtualBox for W... by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday May 24, 2020 @02:04AM (#23289505)

You're right:

   $ sudo chmod -x "Font Book.app"/
   chmod: Unable to change file mode on Font Book.app/: Operation not permitted

   $ sudo chmod -x "App Store.app"/
   chmod: Unable to change file mode on App Store.app/: Operation not permitted

   $ sudo chmod -x TextEdit.app/
   chmod: Unable to change file mode on TextEdit.app/: Operation not permitted

   $ sudo chmod -x Reminders.app/
   chmod: Unable to change file mode on Reminders.app/: Operation not permitted

Doesn't even work on iTunes as the GP suggested:

   $ sudo chmod -x iTunes.app/
   chmod: Unable to change file mode on iTunes.app/: Operation not permitted

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Re:Push-Button Installer of macOS Guests in VirtualBox for W... by saagarjha on Sunday May 24, 2020 @03:24AM (#23289809)

I’m not at my computer, so I gave myself a little bit of leeway: all the other applications are certainly on the read-only system partition so I know they are not going to change at all. Certain apps like Safari and iTunes are not on that as they can be updated, so I wasn’t sure if there was anything additional for those :)

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Re:Push-Button Installer of macOS Guests in VirtualBox for W... by j4yav on Sunday May 24, 2020 @03:53AM (#23289927)

ITunes doesn't seem to actually work either.

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Re:Push-Button Installer of macOS Guests in VirtualBox for W... by bound008 on Sunday May 24, 2020 @02:09PM (#23293327)

My apologies. That may have changed with SIP. A _fully optional_ feature that is great for security, and can be turned off if its too prescriptive.

A little disappointed to see the apple hate on this thread, especially as I spent the morning fighting with debian install on a raspberry pi to just have a clean upgrade. Again, these linux issues are much less common when dealing with linux on a server, meant to run a single program, or collection of production programs. But trying to maintain an ubuntu desktop is not without work, and Windows is loaded with telemetry and ads.

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