{"id":36623,"date":"2022-07-28T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T20:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=36623"},"modified":"2023-02-16T15:34:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:34:18","slug":"ventura-notifies-user-of-new-login-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/28\/ventura-notifies-user-of-new-login-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Notifies User of New Login Items"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Clement<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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wow so now Apple is going to use my personal name in user notifications to tell users I’m personally installing login items on their machine. I think there’s a difference between the app (that users voluntarily install) doing things and me doing things. That’s… very wrong.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

macOS seems to have gotten his name from the code signature on his app. The notification is a potentially useful feature, but it would be better if it reported the name of the app that added the login item. The user doesn’t have a good way of finding the app that corresponds to the reported developer name. Also, showing the developer’s name is especially confusing in the case of an indie developer, where it shows a personal name rather than the name of a company. The notification makes it look like a hacker named “Thomas” broke into your Mac.<\/p>\n\n

Rich Siegel<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This is really terrible UX, and if you see it while testing macOS 13 please report it as a bug.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2022-10-17): Marcin Krzyzanowski<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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security by obscurity or what. What’s the point of that 🤔 it literally cannot be more generic information\nImage<\/p>\n

This is going to be so confusing<\/a> for users.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2023-01-05): Adam Maxwell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This has all been working fine since 2010, so obviously Apple needed to change something. Aside from the obvious notification bug, TeX Live Utility users have no idea who this “Adam Maxwell” guy is, and shouldn’t have to learn.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Matt Birchler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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OMG, months into Ventura and I still get notifications like this when I reboot. Literally no idea or explanation what this is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n