Tag: commands

  • Terminal command to tell if a macOS directory is SIP-protected

    Starting with El Capitan (OS X 10.11), Apple started using System Integrity Protection (SIP) in macOS, so that certain directories would be not writable, even by root. Here’s a quick reference for a couple of commands you can use to see if a directory or file is SIP-protected, as that may change from macOS version…