SIP (system integrity protection) is used on macOS to prevent unsigned or unknown code from executing freely. For troubleshooting or testing purposes, you can disable SIP altogether by booting into recovery mode. Of course, once you’re done testing, it’s a best practice to turn SIP back on.

  1. Boot into Recovery Mode
    • Press and hold CMD + R when booting up the machine until the Apple logo appears.
    • If you’re on a VM, it may be easier to run the following commands in the Terminal 
       sudo nvram "recovery-boot-mode=unused"
 sudo reboot recovery
  2. Once the machine has started, you’ll see the Recovery/Installer page. From the top menu bar, click Utilities > Terminal
  3. Run the commands 
    csrutil disable
reboot
  4. To verify if SIP is enabled/disabled run the command 
    csrutil status

Note: To turn SIP back on, follow the above steps but run csrutil enable instead.