Adding support for Mojave’s new privacy system is mandatory for apps which need to access protected data. How easy is that?
macOS 10.14
A detailed look at how users control Mojave’s privacy protection using the Privacy pane, and tccutil.
What the Accessibility list in Privacy controls is about, and how it almost made it easier to add an app to Full Disk Access.
Advice on preparing for and using Mojave for all who go beyond using standard off-the-shelf apps – scripting, automating, building from source, or full-blown Xcode development.
With Mojave’s release 11 days away, its privacy protection looks even more complex, particularly when an app uses a helper tool which needs Full Disk Access.
Practical tips for those intending to upgrade early, from checking compatibility, preparing workarounds, to making a copy of the installer.
The Mac App Store has been selling (or giving) us spyware. How can Apple ever live this down?
The differences between security and privacy, why we need effective controls over both, and how those controls are different.
Control of one app by another is an important but difficult aspect of Mojave’s new privacy controls. Here’s how it handles that at present, and some of the issues it raises.
For many users, privacy controls in Mojave will pass almost unnoticed. Here are tips for those who have greater demands, and want their apps to access protected data.