If you have previous macOS version please refer to previous macOS SIP instructions.
You might want to read this blog post for historical context.
System Integrity Protection (SIP). This article can help you how to configure your machine to allow TotalFiner installation by modifying the SIP setting.
TotalFinder has support for macOS 10.14 (Mojave), but cannot run on a normally configured machine due toIf you decide to modify the settings, you will be able to install TotalFinder. Just to be clear…
Your machine may be less secure when System Integrity Protection is disabled. It is entirely your decision to modify the settings.
How to install TotalFinder by turning off System Integrity Protection
TotalFinder installation page for general installation steps. This document explains SIP-specific steps.
TotalFinder will guide you through the process via notification dialogs. Please check theCommand+R
until the Apple logo
appears. Then select Terminal from the Utilities menu. It looks like this:
csrutil disable
and press return. This turns off System Integrity Protection so
that TotalFinder can be installed.
latest version of TotalFinder.
Reboot your machine and you may install and run theUnfortunately you have to keep SIP disabled to allow TotalFinder. In earlier macOS versions it was possible to turn SIP off only to complete TotalFinder installation steps and enable it back again. That is no longer possible with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) due to hardened macOS security settings.
Technical details
TotalFinder works by altering the built-in system application Finder.app.
Command+Option+Esc
, and the Finder will restart and everything will be
as if TotalFinder was never running.
However, in macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) and later the macOS developers added a feature that disallows this kind of modification even if you have administrator access. It will also disallow other kinds of modifications (such as replacing parts of the system on disk).