Dr. Drang2d ago

When I first heard of this safety measure, I thought it was going to interrupt things *typed* into Terminal and wasn’t happy about it. But I’m fine with Apple interrupting pasted commands, even though my site may be a place from which users are copying those commands.

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/25/macos-26-4-terminal-security-feature/

Show threadPatrick O'Sullivan

@drdrang Great goodness. That popup looks like it itself could be the malware. Can’t wait to hear the Johns’s (@gruber, @siracusa) reaction to Tahoe’s continued assault on our eyes and souls.

And I hope this thing can be killed with the appropriate defaults override by those of us who want it dead, dead, dead.

Mar 26 at 1:09amWeb
Show threadJohn Gruber1d ago
@osullivan @drdrang @siracusa Are you saying you're against Terminal having any protection against pasting commands?
Show threadPatrick O'Sullivan1d ago

@gruber @drdrang @siracusa

I’m fine with it as a default behavior as long as it can be turned off. But I find that popup to be exceptionally ugly.

P.S. Go Yanks.

Show threadDr. Drang1d ago
@osullivan @gruber @siracusa You may be pleasantly surprised at how tolerant it is. I updated to 26.4 this morning and have tried out a few "dangerous” commands—including rm variants—and none of them triggered the warning. I’m starting to wonder if it’s strict enough.
Show threadPatrick O'Sullivan1d ago
@drdrang @gruber @siracusa Ah, that’s interesting and more encouraging.
Show threadPaul McGrane1d ago
@osullivan @drdrang @gruber @siracusa The phrasing of "try and harm” is perhaps incorrect or clumsy.
Show threadDr. Drang1d ago
@pmcg @osullivan @gruber @siracusa So many people write "try and” instead of "try to” that I'm only mildly annoyed when I see it now.
Show threadPaul McGrane1d ago
@drdrang @osullivan @gruber @siracusa I am really annoyed to the point of exclaiming to internet Mac celebrities!
Show threadJohn Gruber1d ago
@drdrang @pmcg @osullivan @siracusa Always makes me think of my favorite department store chain, Buy n Large.