Why do iTerm2 / VSCode on MacOS Sequoia keep adding `com.apple.provenance` to my files?
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I'm on MacOS 15.2. I've recently noticed that when I create a folder (or a file) in my home dir **with iTerm2** (thanks to *Linc Davis* for this hint), the attribute
com.apple.provenance
is added to it. E.g. (please note the tag @),
$ mkdir foo
$ ls -l
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 myuser staff 64B Feb 4 23:01 foo
$ xattr -l foo
com.apple.provenance:
The same happens for files:
$ touch bar
$ ls -l
-rw-r--r--@ 1 andrea staff 0B Feb 4 23:07 bar
$ xattr -l bar
com.apple.provenance:
I do not remember anything like this on MacOS 14.x. Why does it happen? This question explains how to remove the "@". However, I'd like to avoid the creation of this tag for every new folder/file. How can I do?
EDIT: the same happens for VSCode
Asked by floatingpurr
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Feb 4, 2025, 10:12 PM
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