> On 17 Apr 2022, at 16:47, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 17, 2022, at 09:45, Christian Calderon wrote:
> 
>>> You would not be able to make a symbolic link at /usr/bin/python because 
>>> /usr/bin is a protected directory.
>> 
>> TIL. Is that something I could work around by disabling SIP?
> 
> On macOS 10.x, yes. On macOS 11 and later, my understanding is that the 
> system volume is cryptographically sealed and there is no way for you to 
> modify it without breaking that seal, which presumably has undesirable 
> consequences.
> 
> https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/30/is-big-surs-system-volume-sealed/

Yes, I can support that conclusion. Creating that link (or changing anything 
that is in that cryptographically signed part of the file system) is no longer 
a viable option on macOS Big Sur and up.

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