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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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2031 points jrk | 8 comments | 22 May 20 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.763s | source | bottom
1. commandlinefan ◴[22 May 20 15:54 UTC] No.23273402[source]▶
I can't upgrade IntelliJ any more, because it's trying to write to privileged file locations that I (the owner of the computer) no longer have access to. Believe me, I've tried to work around this, macOS has it locked down completely.
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2. mschuster91 ◴[22 May 20 15:54 UTC] No.23273409[source]▶
You can disable SIP in recovery mode.
3. stephenr ◴[22 May 20 15:59 UTC] No.23273468[source]▶
... Can you elaborate? I use IntelliJ on a daily basis on Catalina, and I have zero issues updating it.
4. ehutch79 ◴[22 May 20 16:00 UTC] No.23273482[source]▶
Why do you need access to the areas protected by SIP?
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5. dfabulich ◴[22 May 20 16:01 UTC] No.23273493[source]▶
The latest IntelliJ 2020.1.1 works out of the box on macOS 10.15.4, without disabling System Integrity Protection (SIP).

Whatever problem you're having, it's a problem specific to your machine.

6. tebruno99 ◴[22 May 20 16:02 UTC] No.23273506[source]▶
I use and upgrade IntelliJ fine. Install Jetbrains Toolbox and everything is installed in your home dir. What kind of locations are you having troubles with?
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7. noworriesnate ◴[22 May 20 17:11 UTC] No.23274436[source]▶
I agree: use Jetbrains Toolbox.

A few months ago I installed Rider (an IntelliJ-based IDE) on my Mac without toolbox, and upgrading it was a pain. I don't remember the details, but using JetBrains toolbox makes upgrading as simple as clicking a button and waiting until the download / install is complete.

8. commandlinefan ◴[22 May 20 17:35 UTC] No.23274739[source]▶
Beats me - it's a common problem, though: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40251201/upgrading-intel.... The only thing that ever worked was uninstalling and reinstalling the whole thing.