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Surprisingly though, just obtaining the display name or icon for one of these folders will trigger Apple’s code to verify that the client is allowed to access the location. Privileged File System LocationsĪpple has a few file system locations that require user permission to access them, for example ~/Desktop, ~/Documents, and ~/Downloads. Apple has however responded that it is “by design” (hence the title of this post). This issue has been reported to Apple and assigned FB7674490. The worst delay I have seen for this particular issue is around 7 seconds, and I have had a few episodes where it seemed to not cache the result, so repeated launches would still have the delay.

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Are Apple sending the source of all my custom scripts to their server? With their stance on privacy, I wouldn’t think so, so they are likely just sending a checksum, but what are they doing with that checksum that the system couldn’t do locally?Īs for the notarization check, the result is cached, so second invocation should be fast, but if you are a developer, you may update your scripts and binaries regularly, which trigger new checks (it appears caching is based on inode, so an update-in-place save may avoid triggering a new check), or you may have workflows that involve dynamically creating and executing scripts, which performance now hinges upon the responsiveness of Apple’s servers. One user in China reports a delay of 5.7 seconds when using their VPN. Though there have been enough confirmations to establish that the delay is real. If your terminal is added to this category, you will not be able to reproduce this delay. Update : Some users have a Developer Tools category in the Security & Privacy preferences pane. You can test this by running the following two lines in a terminal: echo $'#!/bin/sh echo Hello' > /tmp/test.sh & chmod a+x /tmp/test.sh So even if you write a one line shell script and run it in a terminal, you will get a delay! This is not just for files downloaded from the internet, nor is it only when you launch them via Finder, this is everything.

This check for me takes close to a second. Spawning a new ProcessĪpple has introduced notarization, setting aside the inconvenience this brings to us developers, it also results in a degraded user experience, as the first time a user runs a new executable, Apple delays execution while waiting for a reply from their server.

I say reduce, because I still do get some delays even with SIP disabled, but the system does overall feel much faster, and I would strongly recommend anyone who thinks their system is sluggish to do the same. This is tough medicine, but if you notice these delays, try it for an hour just to verify that indeed the issue is resolved by disabling internet connectivity.Īnother way to reduce the delays is by disabling System Integrity Protection. One way to solve the delays is to disable your internet connection. I have been struggling with this issue myself and have found several system operations that can cause these delays, which I will detail below. In episode 379 of ATP both Marco Arment and John Siracusa described noticeable delays and stalls after upgrading to macOS 10.15. Previous post: Creating a Faster Jekyll macOS 10.15: Slow by Design

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