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Re:macOS Sonoma 14.4 removes critical functions from the fil... by luckman212 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @04:20PM (#39254607)
It's not a "bug" - I ran `strings /usr/bin/fileproviderctl` on 14.3 and 14.4 and you can clearly see that the commands and their related helptext have been completely removed.
Re:macOS Sonoma 14.4 removes critical functions from the fil... by zarzavat on Sunday February 04, 2024 @07:42PM (#39256094)
If they had disabled those commands at source level (e.g. with the preprocessor) then that’s exactly what you’d expect to see. But we don’t know why they disabled them, yes it could be a rug pull, but it could also be because there was a serious known bug when the deadline for the beta came around and it was safer to temporarily disable the commands rather than leave them in. We don’t know the dynamics at play, there could be a bug in some upstream component and whoever is responsible for this tool doesn’t have any choice but to disable it while they wait for the fix.

It would have been nice if they left a note of explanation but… Apple.