#fulldiskaccess

2025-06-15

With macOS and app sandboxing, and (a lack of) full disk access for Terminal app (and the defaults command), and Hilarity Ensues…

…or…

How the security-related pieces of macOS can sometimes fit together in unexpected and unhelpful ways:

lapcatsoftware.com/articles/co

This particular case for Safari browser, but most any sandboxed app will follow this pattern.

#macos #safari #security #fulldiskaccess #plist #sandbox

Dave Wood 🇨🇦davewoodx
2023-08-18

Reposting my own Tweet from 2019 since i just used it to (re)solve a problem.

twitter.com/davewoodx/status/1

"Solved the cron permission issue properly: drag `/usr/sbin/cron` into Full Disk Access in System Prefs."

Note: dragging appears to be broken in the new "System Settings" app (no surprise), so you need to use the + and select the file manually.

Screenshot of the Security & Privacy section in macOS Preferences, showing 'cron' added to the `Full Disk Access` group of apps.

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