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> If you've avoided sandboxing issues with currently-shipping software I have a set of tools I use, and once I granted them access I was done. I haven't seen a

> If you've avoided sandboxing issues with currently-shipping software I have a set of tools I use, and once I granted them access I was done. I haven't seen a permission box in months. It did highlight what the tools wanted to access which is a good thing. See all the shadiness coming to light with the new clipboard highlight feature in iOS14. > Then there are sandboxing issues that ended or hobbled previously-shipping software. Unfortunately this is the cost of progress, particularly around security. And, while some tools can't work, many are that the developer does not want to make them work.

uniqueid 6y ago
> once I granted them access I was done That works fine for most apps. But if you need to work with documents in varied locations, you have to grant access repeatedly. In recent memory this caused me headaches with a LaTeX editor that used links "../" to media outside the document files I was editing. > many are that the developer does not want to make them work. I don't know, friend, I can't read their minds :) > the cost of progress I imagine that's largely true. I was more productive without it, but it's a bit academic since the option did not yet exist to lock the machine down back then. If it had, would I have chosen to sandbox myself? Mmm, probably.