Everyday Usage: Homebrew cleanup process generates notification that says '“ruby” would like to administer your computer.' #5161
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Output of
brew config
Also,
brew autoupdate
is enabled:Output of
brew doctor
Description of issue
Homebrew is generating a popup notification on my desktop every day. I want to stop it, but I want to stop it the correct way. A Google search doesn't show anyone else with this error message, which suggests that this is not a common error message. My questions are:
ruby
, but doesn't mention Homebrew? Mentioning Homebrew would feel better from a security perspective.I recently upgraded from macOS Ventura to Sonoma. Since then, a popup window occasionally appears in my desktop which says the following:
The wording is vague and doesn't mention Homebrew at all. But if I happen to look at it from a shell, I can tell it's actually Homebrew:
I can probably suppress this error message by going to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access >
ruby
> Enable. However, since this isn't a common problem/solution, I feel like I ran into a strange bug and I'd like to know more.Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
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