CCATP #844 — Adam Engst on Full Disk Access on macOS

This week our guest is my friend and yours, Adam Engst of TidBITS. Adam recently wrote an article about the kerfuffle caused by Apple's message to developers about how it's going to tighten full disk access controls. I asked Adam to come on the show and explain first what happened and what he thinks the solution(s) could be. Here's a link to Adam's article: Why Full Disk Access Matters—and What Apple Should Fix During our conversation, Adam mentioned his app, SetShot, which shows you what has changed in your System Settings vs. the defaults and can take snapshots to see what you've changed over time. He brings it up because while his app only needs read access, Apple makes him ask for full disk access, which is both read and write. Join the Conversation: [email protected] podfeet.com/slack Support the Show: Patreon Donation Apple Pay or Credit Card one-time donation PayPal one-time donation Podfeet Podcasts Mugs at Zazzle NosillaCast 20th Anniversary Shirts Referral Links: Setapp - 1 month free for you and me 15% off Carbon Copy Cloner Wispr Flow - 1 month free for you PETLIBRO - 30% off for you and me Parallels Toolbox - 3 months free for you and me Learn through MacSparky Field Guides - 15% off for you and me Backblaze - One free month for me and you Eufy - $40 for me if you spend $200. Sadly nothing in it for you. PIA VPN - One month added to Paid Accounts for both of us CleanShot X - Earns me 25%, sorry nothing in it for you but my gratitude