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0 pointsthrowitaway11231y ago0 comments

As another commenter pointed out, administrator privileges are not required to install the overwhelming majority of apps. The idea that you have to blindly enter your admin password to edit an SVG file or tweak an image is patently absurd to me (my ire is directed at Adobe, not you). Comparable apps like Affinity Designer and Davinci Resolve don't require elevated privileges.

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birdman31311y ago

I was required to enter my password the last time I install black magic software on mac.

throwitaway1123OP1y ago

Every Black Magic app I've downloaded was through the Mac App Store, and I was never prompted to enter my password during installation. You do have to authenticate with the App Store itself to approve installation of any app, but that doesn't grant the app any special privileges — that's required for every App Store installation (even on the iPhone). If a company doesn't distribute their software through the Mac App Store, then they should just give me a DMG or a zip file with a .app bundle in it that I can drag into my applications folder. Many apps are distributed this way (VSCode for example).

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birdman31311y ago

I was required to enter my password the last time I install black magic software on mac.

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