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I am having a similar issue - here is the description why it happened to me. I called the Apple support and they explained to me, that my issue is probably not solveable so may the following be a warning for you, dear reader, what you should NOT do: Migrate your old MacBook Pro to a new MacBook Pro with T2 chip using Carbon Copy Cloner, instead of Apple's built-in migration assistant.

MacOS - Apps and Programs. Upgrade to Mojave. I have a Carbon Copy Cloner backup and a Time Machine Back. This unit I will upgrade last, if I can, to Mojave. My other unit the iMac 21' is one that my wife uses and has minimal apps besides Apple's apps. Sep 17, 2018 From the moment that Apple introduced Mojave to developers in June, we've been putting it through its paces to see what we can expect when Mac users apply the upgrade this Fall, and to get CCC 5 qualified on this new OS. Fire sprinkler system design software. We're happy to announce that CCC 5.1.5, available today, is fully qualified on macOS Mojave. Getting Ready to Upgrade to Mojave.


Here is what I did that lead to the catastrophy:


  1. Unpacked my brand new MacBook Pro and booted it once to have a 'temporary admin'.
  2. Used the Startup Security Utility (used the password of this temporary admin) to allow booting from an external HD
  3. Upgraded my old MacBook Pro to Mojave and used Carbon Copy Cloner to make a clone of the HD
  4. Booted the cloned HD on my New MacBook Pro (which worked like a charm because I allowed this inside Startup Security Utility)
  5. Used Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) to clone the external boot HD to the internal MacBook's HD
  6. Removed the external HD
  7. Rebooted my new MacBook
  8. WORKED LIKE A CHARM: The new MacBook 'feels' like the old one, my old admin user is there, all my apps are there, I can configure everything. Everything just works.
  9. Well - not everything: When I tried to go back to the Startup Security Utility with the intension to now disable the right to boot from external HDs (to increase security, because I only wanted to allow this for my migration via CCC) the error message 'No administrator was found.' is coming up.


All my attempts to resolve this, e.g. by deleting PRAM or SMC or creating a new admin, then reboot and then try this one: All failed.


Now, I am sitting here with a brand new MacBook Pro and a seemingly unresolvable gaping security hole.


I cannot really believe that this is really an unresolvable issue, so I will try more Apple support employees by calling the support again and I will try to google even more. If I'll resolve it, I'll post the solution here.


If somebody solved it - would be glad to learn from you.

Oct 5, 2018 6:55 AM

The Mac has avoided widespread malware, and Apple tries to keep ahead of the ways in which malicious software can gain a foothold in macOS. In 2015 with El Capitan, that was System Integrity Protection, to keep system files from being modified. Sierra in 2017 removed an option to allow unsigned Mac apps to run without a prompt.

Now in Mojave, macOS has forced apps to request certain kinds of system-level privileges for behavior that it generally allowed in previous releases. In some cases with older apps that haven’t been updated, you have to take a manual step to keep them working, too.

If you have any of these apps installed, after upgrading to Mojave you will receive prompts or warnings from them, explaining that you have to approve or add them to the Security & Privacy system preference pane’s Privacy tab. In some cases, apps need a check in a box next them in the Accessibility list; in others, in Full Disk Access. Macworld reader David wonders about the difference.

For both kinds of permission, an app or macOS should prompt you or explain how to proceed. You shouldn’t have to figure out on your own whether you need to add permission or add an app to the list. Mojave is still new, so some developers are still releasing compatibility updates to streamline how they request permission from you.

Accessibility covers more than just input options

Accessibility permission, which appeared in earlier releases of macOS, let apps use features to monitor and affect how you interact with the system that are primarily designed to work with software that helps people with visual, auditory, or motion issues.

In my Accessibility list, I have LaunchBar, Pastebot, and TextExpander, to name just a few. Apple requires explicit permission, because it’s just these kinds of features that can be leveraged and abused by simpler malware that doesn’t dig deeply into exploiting the system, but could, for instance, try to capture your keystrokes.

In Mojave, I had to grant permission for some apps in Accessibility that I’d previously given, or even follow instructions provided by the developer to remove entries from the list and then add them back. That was true for TextExpander.

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You might wonder why some apps need “accessibility” access when they don’t appear to rely on any input feature. Macworld reader Robert wrote in to complain about a recurring permission dialog he receives with Dropbox to grant it accessibility privileges. He preferred not to, but there’s no Deny button to stop asking about it (as he found with Photoshop Elements, which he opted to deny), only a Not Now button to defer action.

Dropbox explains at its site that it need accessibility permission for three items that seemingly have no relationship to how you orally, visually, or manually interact with a computer: to update its badge (it shows what the app is up to in the system menu bar), to show to someone else if you’re viewing a file (which requires monitoring whether you’re viewing it), and for better “file synchronization priority” (which I can only assume requires monitoring your file interactions to figure out which are most important).

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Fortunately, Dropbox solved this in an October 10 update that should have appeared for all users automatically. If you’re experiencing this problem, select the Dropbox icon in the menu bar, select Preferences, and look at the About Dropbox version number: if it’s 59 or higher, contact Dropbox for help. If it’s below 59, you can visit the Dropbox Web site and manually download and install the latest update.

Full Disk Access for backup, sync, and clone, and maybe more

Full Disk Access is new, and blocks apps without permission from accessing just any file on a drive that it wants to.

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Backup, sync, and cloning software, like Backblaze, ChronoSync, and Carbon Copy Cloner, need full-disk access, and you should make sure you’re up to date with the latest versions of such apps before using them in Mojave.

For now, you should also check the developers’ sites before launching the first time, too, although some have already built in prompts and installation instructions that help.

I found for three apps above, there are three different approaches. For Backblaze, you can click the + sign and add the app or drag it into the window. ChronoSync explains why you might grant access just for certain kinds of data (like Contacts) that you sync, or use full-disk access. But with CCC, you need to add two separate files, and the developer created a shortcut that manages that.

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Update: Dropbox started rolling out a fix to macOS users for a problem cited in an earlier version of this article on October 10. This article has been updated with more information about checking the version number of Dropbox installed.

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