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chris_st | 1 month ago

My complaint is that LM Studio insists on installing as admin on my Mac. For no apparent reason, and they refuse to say why.

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embedding-shape|1 month ago

Is this possibly the same as this issue? https://github.com/lmstudio-ai/lmstudio-bug-tracker/issues/4...

I've only use LM Desktop on Linux and Windows, never seen anything asking for elevated permissions.

chris_st|1 month ago

Nope - on macOS, almost all apps are just "drag this to wherever (usually your own personal application folder)" and they work perfectly, since they don't need admin privileges. But this one insists on running from /Applications - the root application directory - and for reason. To install there, you have to be admin. I really don't want apps installed as admin, and possibly then able to get admin privileges. It's just basic security.

There's a thread on their Discord that was reported in February of last year. No fix, no comments.