Comment by djrogers
10 years ago
This appears to be impossible in Sierra, as the relevant db has been added to SIP. I have un-granted access, and the dropbox app has not been able to re-enable it, nor has it complained (and yes, I restarted).
10 years ago
This appears to be impossible in Sierra, as the relevant db has been added to SIP. I have un-granted access, and the dropbox app has not been able to re-enable it, nor has it complained (and yes, I restarted).
What is SIP? I've seen it mentioned elsewhere in the thread but not explained, and in the article ctrl+f SIP yields no results.
System Integrity Protection. Because of crazy hacks like this, macOS restricts what even root can do.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204899
System Integrity Protection, basically not even root can change files protected by SIP.