Since updating to macOS 27, many apps ask again for privacy permissions after every restart on my Mac mini M1 (macOS 27.0.1, 26A434). It covers Device Control and Data Access (formerly Accessibility), Screen Recording, Automation and Local Network.

Affected apps include KeyCue, Default Folder X, Shottr, RescueTime, the Elgato apps (Stream Deck, Camera Hub, Control Center) and DeepL.

What I’ve tried / found:

• sudo tccutil reset All and re-granted everything: no change.

• The system TCC.db (/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db) contains all entries with auth_value=2 before and after a restart. A diff shows nothing is lost. So the permissions are stored, but macOS doesn’t seem to honor them after boot.

• The per-user TCC.db is missing entirely: ~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/ doesn’t exist, and find ~/Library -name TCC.db finds nothing. Creating the folder manually didn’t help, because tccd never creates the database.

• Both tccd processes (system + user) are running, there are no crash reports, SIP is enabled and the permissions on ~/Library look correct.

I’ve filed a bug report with Apple.

Questions:

1. Is anyone else seeing this on macOS 27?

2. Could someone on macOS 27 check whether you have a per-user TCC database? (Terminal needs Full Disk Access for this.)

   ls -l ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/

I’d like to know whether macOS 27 moved it or whether it’s just missing on my system.

3. Any ideas short of reinstalling macOS?

Thanks!

Update / correction: I was wrong about the version. I’m actually running macOS 27.2.1 (26B131), the current release. The issue persists on 27.2.1.

Thanks for the replies so far! To answer the suggestions:

• Full Disk Access: Terminal had Full Disk Access when I checked. It could read the system TCC.db, but ~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/ still doesn’t exist and find ~/Library -name TCC.db finds nothing.

• Device Management profiles: checking next.

• log stream while launching an affected app: will post the output.

• Test user: will try if the above doesn’t reveal anything.

My MacBook Pro is writing around 100 GB to its SSD every day. According to Activity Monitor, most of this write activity is attributed to system processes launchd and kernel_task.

Is this normal? How can I reduce these writes?

Software Update keeps telling me that 27.0.1 is the latest update and it doesn't show a newer update for my machine.

I've tried restarting the machine and making sure everything in the App Store is up-to-date, but it still refuses to acknowledge there's a newer macOS version.

Any other tips I might try before I download the full Installer or should I just wait until it shows up?

I usually want to use the program that I just installed, so I click the shortcut and then have to hunt for it since there's no search bar. I remember the same thing happening back when I had an iBook G4, in 2005 so I assume there is a reason it hasn't changed but it's not intuitive to me. What function does removing the UI elements from Finder in an installer shortcut actually serve? Maybe if I understand why I'll stop hating that it happens.

Can someone suggest how to speed up waking up in clamshell mode? i find it strange that my mac needs 20-30 seconds to wake up from sleep mode. Anyone any experience?

is this a bug or something?

Edit: sorry guys i missed read this and my dumbahh thought it was telling me to update to macos 28 lol.

Our family still uses 2011 iMac just for youtube and simple emails.

But does iMessage still work on High Sierra?

I'd like to contact my family in this imac without having to get out my iphone.

SOLVED at https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1xx5hhh/dual_nic_setup/19sovrueb13xh/ THANK YOU!

Mac mini M4 Pro, GG 27.2.1, 24g/512g

Setup
I have a hard wire-only Asustor NAS. Because my wife doesn't want the NAS in the living room where the router must be (where the entry point for the fiber is), I'm unable to hard-wire the NAS to the router and connect to it via WiFi from the Mac.

To solve this, I'd like to connect the Asustor directly to the Mac with a short hard-wire. The noise doesn't bother me; I want the reliability and the speed. I understand the NAS wouldn't be visible on the WiFi; that's not a big deal. I only need to access it from the Mac Mini.

Net Config
Wifi: 192.168.50.20, router at 192.168.50.1, netmask /24
LAN: 172.16.50.20, no router, netmask /24, NAS at 172.16.50.254

Problem
When I bring the LAN online in Settings, the WiFi becomes inoperable. I can reach the NAS via the hardwire, but the WiFi stops working. The WiFi icon indicates it's still connected, but no data will traverse and everything going to destinations other than the NAS fail. If I bring the NIC down, the WiFi starts working again.

Anybody have any suggestion on how I can fix this, so that both interfaces work at the same time?

Thanks.

MacOS introduced the empty shutdown window bug. Even today’s patch didn’t fix it :( anyone else run across this?

They say only 18 it’s supported, but i don’t want to pay for the upgrade.

Hello! I am a new Mac user , this is my first MacBook and I didn't want my photos from my Iphone to transfer to my MacBook so I set it up as new and only later logged into my Apple ID. But I went to the gallery and the photos from my ICloud transferred still so i tried to turn off ICloud syncing on the Mac cuz I don't want the pictures to transfer and take up space. So I pressed the turn off sync Icloud and then this popped up shortly (but if you press unsync for the photos itself it doesn't let me) and i pressed Delete from Mac and it started bugging out and like 20 screens popped up and now its stuck like this no matter what i press and I can't even turn off or reset the computer. Has this happened to anyone else? What do I do to get my laptop back to normal and then keep the Icloud photos off the Mac? Thank you so much in advance

Hey Appleheads. I built an app for Windows that I host on the Windows Store and I have now ported it over to macOS. I have a bunch of questions and looking for some advice from people who developed apps.

1. So the Apple Store wants $99/yr just for the convenience of uploading anything to their store. Is it worth using the Apple Store versus going my own route and hosting it elsewhere?

2. Licensing: Do I stick with the Apple Store or do my own licensing? Apparently I can't have my app as "free" on the Apple Store and then an external upgrade path. It is all or nothing?

3. Is the Apple Store easy to use for submitting and keeping my app up to date with upgrades? Does it take hours/days/weeks???

4. Any other advice or guidance is much appreciated.

Thanks 😄

On my previous Macbook (or maybe even on this current macbook, but with an older OS), I was able to listen to a podcast through bluetooth headphones and play music through bluetooth speakers. I would select the output audio in iTunes/Music by clicking on the (I think) airdrop icon.

Today this seems impossible and, as usual, every apple discussion is a deadend. Does anyone know if there is a workaround for this? I have a Macbook Pro 13 inch M1 from 2020, running Tahoe 26.

In Podcasts I can still see the icon to select the audio output, but the only option is the Macbook itself. There is no such option, as far as I can tell, in Apple Music.

Thanks in advance!

Hi all,

I’m experiencing intermittent issues with external SSDs since upgrading to macOS 27 (Golden Gate). Everything seemed to work normally before the upgrade.

My setup:
Mac mini M1
macOS 27.2.1 (Golden Gate)
UGREEN USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 NVMe enclosure
Realtek RTL9220 controller
APFS-formatted NVMe SSD

Sometimes, after booting macOS, the SSD simply doesn’t mount and doesn’t even appear in Disk Utility.

Interestingly, System Information still shows the RTL9220 controller, but the actual storage device doesn’t seem to initialize.

After restarting the Mac, everything works perfectly. The enclosure is then recognized as “UGREEN Storage Device” at 10 Gbps and the SSD mounts normally.

I’ve already performed a completely clean installation of macOS 27, but unfortunately that didn’t solve the problem.

There is another issue which makes me suspect a broader macOS compatibility problem: My previous Satechi docking station also stopped working properly after upgrading to macOS 27. The SSD installed inside the dock was no longer recognized either.

So far, I’ve encountered these issues only since upgrading to Golden Gate.

Has anyone experienced similar problems with external SSDs, particularly UGREEN enclosures using the RTL9220 controller or Satechi docks?

Could this be related to USB storage initialization or compatibility changes in macOS 27?

I’d be interested to hear about other people’s experiences. Thanks!

Hello:

I'm new to Mac.

When I copy files to an external hard drive formatted in exFAT, my MacBook automatically adds files that begin with ._ followed by the name of the copied file, as well as hidden folders (.DS_Store, .Trashes, .fseventsd).

When I use this external hard drive with Android or Windows, these files are useless and even cause my media player on my Xiaomi Mi Box to malfunction.

Is it possible to disable the creation of these metadata files (AppleDouble) in macOS when copying new files to an external hard drive formatted in exFAT?

If it's not possible to disable their creation, is there an application that cleans the drive before ejecting it that you could recommend?

I need to find a way to automate the cleanup if it's not possible to prevent their creation, because it's an action I'll be repeating constantly.

Thank you very much.

Best regards.

Hey all. If anyone can shed some light on this, it would be amazing.

I recently did a ton of deleting of photos from my Lightroom. 70k down to 20k.

Once files were removed, I then deleted the bin before ejecting the drive.

However if you inspect the SDD in Finder, it tells me the drive only has 600gb of the 4TB capacity remaining. But if I go into the drive via Finder, and inspect the only top level folder in there, it shows the size as only 1.2TB used…that is more accurate given how few files now remain.

There are no files in the trash and there are no hidden folders or files on the drive, after checking.

Also, I didn’t catch this before running a backup of the drive to a second external drive of the same capacity.

That drive now also tells me it has 3.2TB used, with the same folder inside taking up only 1.2TB of storage.

That would suggest there are hidden files somewhere but also, when I run inspector, it tells me there are roughly 20k files on it. Which is correct.

Does anyone have any clue what might be happening, if the above explains it clearly enough. Never had this happened before!

Is this a weird bug in MACOS? I’m running 27.01.1 on a MacBook Pro M1.

Thanks so much in advance!

I'm a web and mobile dev (or what's left of one), and wrestling with disk space has always been a pain in the neck. The ridiculous size of xcode and it's dependencies, node_modules, Android caches and emulators, CocoaPods cache etc etc the list is endless.

I've been paying for CleanMyMac for years, and it's.... fine. But I'm always still hunting down some obscure dev specific DerivedData cache and then Googling if it was safe to delete. Just a general PIA.

This weekend Claude built me a more custom clean up app, it show's me projects I've not touched for a long time that can be safely offloaded to my NAS and helps me safely do a clean up on my drive.

Just thought I'd give a little inspiration if anyone is in a similar boat. I know disk space is always a hot topic!

Edit: Added the repo as requested. Feel free to contribute:
https://github.com/tjlondon-npauctions/majortom

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

I’m having a really strange issue with Ccontinuity between my iPhone 14 Pro and my Mac, and I’m hoping someone has experienced something similar.

AirDrop doesn’t work between my iphone and mac.

both devices recognize each other, but when I try sending something from my iPhone, it just gets stuck on “Waiting.” Nothing appears on my Mac. Same when trying to send from my Mac to my iPhone

Universal Clipboard doesn’t work. I can’t copy something on my iPhone and paste it on my Mac.

AirDrop itself works on both devices. My boyfriend can successfully AirDrop photos to both my iPhone and my Mac.

Safari Handoff** works.** My Mac shows the Safari icon with “From iPhone 14 Pro,” and clicking it successfully attempts to open whatever I’m viewing on my phone.

iCloud syncing works. My Notes sync between devices, and both are signed into the same Apple Account.

What I’ve already tried:

•Confirmed Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are enabled on both devices.
•Confirmed Handoff is enabled on both devices.
•Confirmed AirDrop permissions are set correctly.
•Turned Handoff off and back on.
•Restarted both devices.
•Checked iCloud settings and confirmed syncing is enabled.
•
What I can’t figure out is why these specific features fail only between my two devices, when AirDrop works with other devices and Safari Handoff works between them.

Has anyone encountered this? Is there some sort of device-pairing or Continuity authentication issue that could explain it? I’d really appreciate suggestions beyond the usual toggling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Handoff, since I’ve already gone through all of that.

GitHub: https://github.com/rtmo0/vpn-tunnel-bridge
Releases: https://github.com/rtmo0/vpn-tunnel-bridge/releases

Bridge is a free, MIT-licensed menu-bar VPN client for macOS 14+ that runs AmneziaWG, WireGuard, OpenVPN, OpenConnect, VLESS, Trojan and Hysteria 2 in parallel, with split tunnelling, split DNS and a pf kill switch. It keeps multiple tunnels alive at once and sends only the traffic you choose through each one.

Source, install notes and limitations are in the repo.

Something I've been thinking about while working on it: menu bar utilities are often treated as tiny technical tools. They show a number, maybe a graph, and that's about it.

But you interact with them every day, even if only for a few seconds.

I wanted ours to feel like a natural part of the Mac desktop rather than another technical dashboard.

So we spent quite a bit of time on the visual details: translucent materials, the way desktop colours show through, spacing, typography, charts and how information is grouped.

The idea is simple. You should be able to glance at your Mac's CPU, memory and network activity, understand what's going on, and get back to work.

The settings panel is part of that thinking too. Not everyone wants the same information in their menu bar, so the layout can be configured around what matters to you.

Sharing four screenshots of where we've landed so far.

I would genuinely love to hear what other Mac users think. Do you prefer this kind of detailed, visual approach, or something much more minimal?

For anyone interested in the project, here's the official website:

XicoClean

Thanks for all the thoughtful feedback!

Hi,

I want to gather some info on is it worth and should I upgrade my m2 Air 16GB RAM to newest OS27.2? I’m currently on sonoma 14.8.9 and I wonder if I will fell any difference, lag, battery hit etc.

Also, in the past I’ve done clean update - earasing while SSD and setting new OS from scratch. IF update to 27 is way to go, should I do the same?

Thx for answers

Es una de las cosas que más me llamó la atención (y que menos me gustó) de Mac ¿porque al obtener información de un archivo, la ventana se va a la esquina superior derecha? ¿porque nunca sale en el centro de la pantalla? tengo una pantalla grande y es incomodo ¿hay alguna forma de hacer que siempre salgan en el centro?

On an APFS drive, Finder's Duplicate (Cmd-D) makes a clone. The new file points at the same blocks on disk as the original, and only the parts you later change take new space. A 20 GB video duplicated five times still uses about 20 GB.

In Terminal, cp -c makes the same kind of clone. Plain cp writes a full second copy.

This is why storage numbers can look wrong. Get Info and du count every clone at its full size, so a folder of duplicates can add up to more than your disk holds. df -h / or the Storage page in System Settings shows what's really free.

It works the other way too. Deleting one clone frees almost nothing while another copy of the same data still exists, so if you're clearing space, the drop only shows up once the last copy is gone.