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macOS has optional per app sandboxing already, but many developers elect to sidestep it because it's a buggy, rigid mess. Last I worked with it there were issue

macOS has optional per app sandboxing already, but many developers elect to sidestep it because it's a buggy, rigid mess. Last I worked with it there were issues with simple things like displaying an open/save panel inside of a sandbox — sometimes when the user requested one, an error would occur under the hood and give zero feedback to the user. It's also a pain in the rear for apps that need to be able to arbitrarily access files on disk to function.

jakobegger 9y ago
Yes. I have a Mac app that is sandboxed, and occasionally it fails to open files the user selected in the Open dialog. There is zero diagnostics available, besides a message stating "permission denied" (the system error message confuses users even more by suggesting to check file system permissions). All I can tell my customers is to restart their Macs. Extremely frustrating.