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kccqzyyesterday at 7:59 PM1 replyview on HN

The security-scoped bookmark is exactly why a user should treat all macOS file access permission prompts as permanent. There is also no UI to show to a user whether an app has created a security-scoped bookmark.

And this is for sandboxed apps. You correctly point out that non-sandboxed apps have even more access. So a user’s mental model should be that all open dialogs grant permanent access.


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lapcatyesterday at 10:47 PM

tccutil reset All co.eclecticlight.Insent and reboot isn't actually working for me.

Thus, there's no way to remove access short of disabling SIP and deleting the com.apple.macl xattr.