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The MacOS app store has some sandboxing. For example, applications installed from the store can't access any file or directory unless a user has selected it in
by dunham 3y ago
The MacOS app store has some sandboxing. For example, applications installed from the store can't access any file or directory unless a user has selected it in a file dialog. (The app can hold onto a ticket for later access.) I've installed Slack from the app store for this reason.
- ghostpepper 3y agoI think MacOS has some protection even for manually installed apps. I downloaded iTerm2 as a .pkg and installed it manually into Applications, but the first time I typed `cd Downloads` I got an OS-level popup asking if I wanted to grant iTerm2 access to my downloads folder.
- chriswarbo 3y agoI've installed Slack on macOS using Nix. That way, the installer's sha256 is checked, and its attempts at self-modification (updating) are thwarted by /nix/store being a read-only filesystem.