Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) on the Mac
The System Integrity Protection (SIP) protects your Mac against modifications in macOS. But you can also disable this security feature…
System Integrity Protection is controlled by the Terminal utility. Enter the command csrutil into the terminal and press Enter. Then you see a short help with all options. With csrutil status you check whether SIP is activated or not. If so, you can disable it with csrutil disable. However, this only works if you have started the Mac in recovery mode. And that goes like this: Restart your Mac and then hold down both keys Command-R until the apple logo appears on the screen. Open another terminal via the “Utilities” menu. Here csrutil disable does work. Afterwards restart your Mac and now the System Integrity Protection should actually be disabled. Would you like to turn SIP back on, then restart the computer again in recovery mode using Command-R. Enter csrutil enable into the terminal to activate the protection. After a restart everything is back to normal.
Normally, you should not turn off Apple’s System Integrity Protection because this protects macOS from manipulations. But maybe you have a legitimate interest. For example some programs may only be installed or executed when SIP is disabled. In your place, I would inform myself sufficiently why you have to bypass this protection for a program and if you really want to trust this program. Another reason is when you want to change certain system files or system directories, but you’re not allowed do this as administrator or even “root” user under macOS. Then you also have to disable SIP temporarily. However, I recommend to first create a backup of the entire computer or at least of those files you want to change. And after the system change, you simply turn SIP back on. One more thing: Your Mac can be attacked by a virus despite System Integrity Protection being turned on. Because malicious software doesn’t necessarily have to manipulate the operating system. But at least SIP limits the damage and prevents a virus from nesting deeper into macOS. Thanks for watching and see you next video. Bye :-)
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