macOS Sonoma Network Priority, suppress "Allow accessory to connect?" prompt
Two things came up using my Thunderbolt 2 dock with my MacBook Air M2 running macOS 14 Sonoma. The first, I noticed it was using my spotty ‡ WiFi connection instead of the faster, reliable wired interface in the dock. Today I learned you can Set Service Order and configure the order in which macOS tries network interfaces (VPN connections are always at the top of the list and tried first, apparently): Network Systems Settings page with Set Service Order... selected Huzzah. Next, every time I connected the Thunderbolt hub, I was getting a pop-up I had to clear, which was annoying: Pop-up Under Privacy & Security, scroll down to Security and find the "Allow accessories to connect" setting, and tweak to taste: Accessory connection security setting Running smoothly now.