AstonJ

AstonJ

macOS Big Sur - bugs thread

Thought it might be interesting to have a thread for any unusual bugs we might come across…

First Post!

AstonJ

AstonJ

In System Prefs > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Contacts

It was showing Terminal and an app called ‘Birthdays’ had access to my contacts. I vaguely remember it asking for access for an app (can’t remember which one now but pretty sure it wasn’t terminal) so just mentioning it here in case anyone finds it’s been given access too…

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