You'll only see the notifications again if something about the app has changed in a way that breaks notarization. But Gatekeeper is now re-checking apps' notarization status every time you launch them, quietly, in the background. The behavior in Ventura should look exactly the same the vast majority of the time. In previous macOS versions, that check was a one-time thing at first launch, and once you had dismissed it the first time, you wouldn't need to deal with it on subsequent launches. For apps that have been properly notarized by their developers, you'll just see a one-time pop-up telling you that you downloaded the app from the Internet and double-checking that you really want to run it. If you download and run apps from outside the Mac App Store, you've probably encountered Gatekeeper's security pop-ups before. This was true both of a standalone USB-C-to-A hub and the USB hub built into a USB-C monitor we tested with. One possible loophole for people who use USB-C to USB-A hubs is that once you've given permission for a hub to connect to your Mac, new devices connected to that hub don't trigger a warning whether your Mac has seen them before or not. A USB-C to HDMI dongle didn't trigger the warning. USB-C: Cancel or allowĪ non-comprehensive list of some things that have triggered the prompt for me: USB-A drives attached to USB-C dongles (but not the dongles themselves) plus pretty much any other kind of mass storage device, USB-C Ethernet dongles, a USB-C SD card reader, mice and keyboards, and a USB-C hub. We'll be on the lookout to see how (and if) Apple announces and documents updates that take advantage of Rapid Security Response as Ventura is patched. We haven't really gotten to see Rapid Security Response in action yet-system updates will still require a full reboot, and every single beta update throughout the summer has required the normal install-and-reboot cycle. These still appear in the Finder alongside other system and user files thanks to "cryptex" disk images that can be used to "extend" the main system volume while still being stored separately.įiles in those Cryptex images-Safari, lots of Safari and WebKit-related files, various shared cache files, and a few other odds and ends-can be updated without the song and dance of mounting a snapshot of the Signed System Volume (SSV), applying the patches to it, re-sealing it, and rebooting. This feature appears to be enabled by something we noticed when we looked at how Ventura uses disk space-the moving of several gigabytes' worth of system files from the signed-and-sealed main system volume to the hidden Preboot volume. Other security features: Rapid Security ResponseĪpple says that Rapid Security Response will allow it to update Macs more quickly and more frequently without triggering a laborious system reboot.
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