Security Protections

Searching Fails due to System Protections

If you see an alert that searching fails due to system protections, this means Bit Slicer is unable to access this particular application's memory. This may be due to System Integrity Protection which to paraphrase is a security feature that prevents software from messing around with system owned locations.

It also includes a protection used to prevent software and debuggers, like Bit Slicer, from accessing or injecting code into Apple's own applications. As time progresses on, more applications besides Apple's may sign themselves into this protection. This means that while these applications are more protected from being hampered, Bit Slicer may not be able to access and manipulate them. One way around this is to disable the system wide protection. Disabling it (at least permanently) however is strongly not recommended for keeping your system secure.