Privileges 2.4.2 Public Beta

[mthielemann]

Here is a first preview of the upcoming version 2.4.2 of Privileges.

What's new?

• In addition to the RequireBiometricAuthentication option introduced in Privileges 2.4.0, the new BiometricsFallbackType option now allows you to configure how to handle cases where biometric authentication is unavailable. By default, users are prompted to enter their username and password if biometric authentication is not configured or is unavailable. However, this may not be the desired behavior in all environments. It can be changed as follows:

  • 0: If biometric authentication is unavailable or not configured, the user will be prompted to enter their username and password. (default)

  • 1: If biometric authentication is unavailable, the user will be prompted to enter their username and password. If biometric authentication is available but has not been configured, authentication will fail.

  • 2: If biometric authentication is unavailable or not configured, authentication will fail.

• The app now includes icons for macOS 26. However, it is still not possible to use the new icons in the Dock Tile plugin, so they are already displayed in Finder (Applications folder) but not in the Dock.

Please play around with the new features and open an issue if you have any feedback. Thanks and happy testing!

Privileges_2.4.2b2091.pkg.zip

[mthielemann]

Here's the next preview of Privileges 2.4.2, which now contains the new icons for macOS 26.

Unfortunately, there is currently no supported way to use the new icons in a Dock Tile plugin. Therefore, we have built a workaround that enables the use of the new icons. However, there is currently a bug in the Dock that causes programmatically set icons to display incorrectly under certain conditions. This is particularly noticeable in the Tinted/Light and Clear/Light appearance modes. We have opened a support ticket with Apple regarding this issue.

Please play around with the new features and open an issue if you have any feedback. Thanks and happy testing!

Privileges_2.4.2b2105.pkg.zip

[mthielemann]

Privileges 2.4.2 has been released today.