This has been the first week of official availability of the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, a model about which little by little we are having more data, such as that the SSDs of both models with Touch Bar are not extrapolated, just like the RAM. From Soy de Mac, we're publishing different articles related to the Touch Bar and what we can do with it, such as taking screenshots of this screen, ideal for making complete tutorials of what we can do with this OLED panel that Apple presented on October 27.
Some of the users who have already received the new MacBook with Touch Bar affirm that their devices are arriving with the Integrity Protection System disabled, exposing them to any malware threat, as we have been able to read in different discussions on Twitter. These discussions have been initiated by two developers, Developers who have received their brand new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar with SIP disabled, something that is not usual in any of the models that the company sends.
As a rule, Macs always ship with SIP enabled since the arrival of OS X El Capitan, which limits root permissions, which prevents any type of malware from entering the system and affecting our Mac. The SIP blocks specific system accesses where the installation files and important data are located.
Check if SIP is enabled
The easiest option to see if it is disabled, is to try to directly install Java or similar and if we have no problem it is well deactivated. We can also use the command "csrutil status”In Terminal but entering from recovery mode, that is, cmd + R at startup and open Terminal from Utilities> Terminal.
If SIP is not disabled, the following message will appear: “System Integrity Protection status: disabled, however if the following message appears: SSystem Integrity Protection status: enabled if activated "