Comment by chris_st

11 days ago

My complaint is that LM Studio insists on installing as admin on my Mac. For no apparent reason, and they refuse to say why.

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embedding-shape  11 days ago

Is this possibly the same as this issue? https://github.com/lmstudio-ai/lmstudio-bug-tracker/issues/4...

I've only use LM Desktop on Linux and Windows, never seen anything asking for elevated permissions.

  • chris_st  10 days ago

    Nope - on macOS, almost all apps are just "drag this to wherever (usually your own personal application folder)" and they work perfectly, since they don't need admin privileges. But this one insists on running from /Applications - the root application directory - and for reason. To install there, you have to be admin. I really don't want apps installed as admin, and possibly then able to get admin privileges. It's just basic security.

    There's a thread on their Discord that was reported in February of last year. No fix, no comments.

    • embedding-shape  10 days ago

      Long time ago I used macOS, but aren't you confusing things here? Yes, you need admin permission to put stuff in /Applications, but that doesn't mean the applications inside of /Applications get root access by default, or even in any other mean that applications located elsewhere. Am I getting that wrong?

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