![]() In addition, it’s always running, both when your Mac first starts up and when it has been on for days, weeks, or months. Unlike Secure Boot, SIP (System Integrity Protection) is available on all Macs-even those without T2 chips. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, this policy of only loading the driver included in the macOS installer also affects drivers not used for the startup volume – it affects all drivers loaded in the first 2 minutes. Starting with macOS 10.15, if a newer version of one of those drivers is installed on your startup volume, Secure Boot will load the older one from the macOS installer instead. Secure Boot is designed to allow only drivers that Apple ships to be used for the startup volume. Two minutes later, Secure Boot stops safeguarding your Mac. ![]() In fact, it ONLY protects your Mac at boot time. As the name implies, it protects your Mac against malware infection at boot time (when your Mac is starting up). Secure Boot is available only on Macs with T2 chips. Lastly, it goes over the upcoming changes in Macs with Apple silicon, which will ship later this year.It also describes why we think it is acceptable to disable Secure Boot but would never recommend that anyone disable SIP.This post explains how macOS is protected from malware by Secure Boot and SIP and how they differ and why we require that you disable Secure Boot while running SoftRAID.Starting with macOS 10.14.6, SIP also assures that the software has been previously checked for malware by Apple’s malware scanning servers. SIP ensures that software that runs on your Mac is only from developers recognized by Apple. SIP starts protecting your Mac when it first boots up and continues for as long as your Mac is running. What is protecting your Mac from malware the entire time, is System Integrity Protection (SIP). After 2 minutes, Secure Boot offers no protection. ![]() Startup Security Settings for Secure BootĪctually, Secure Boot only protects your Mac for less than 2 minutes after the white Apple logo appears on the screen during startup. ![]()
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