abra100pro Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Hello I keep getting the very annoying dialogue everytime (? often for sure) I open Affinity Designer I get this message: “Affinity Designer 2.app” would like to access data from other apps. AFAIG (as far as I googled ;-)) it seems to be a prob of the app not the os. Is there anything I can do/set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 9 minutes ago, abra100pro said: AFAIG (as far as I googled ;-)) it seems to be a prob of the app not the os. Are you using macOS Sonoma? AFAICS, it’s a security-related message newly added to the OS in version 14.2. Apparently you could go to ‘System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access’ and enable access for Affinity Designer, but I’m not sure how wise that would be. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra100pro Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 3 minutes ago, Alfred said: Are you using macOS Sonoma? AFAICS, it’s a security-related message newly added to the OS in version 14.2. Apparently you could go to ‘System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access’ and enable access for Affinity Designer, but I’m not sure how wise that would be. Yes, Sonoma. Thanks für your input. What would be a problem in giving AD full disk access? And most important: what is CS 😁? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 10 minutes ago, abra100pro said: What would be a problem in giving AD full disk access? I said “I’m not sure” because I don’t know what the security implications would be. 12 minutes ago, abra100pro said: And most important: what is CS 😁? AFAICS = as far as I can see There are several similar initialisms. Here are three that spring to mind: AFAICR = as far as I can remember/recall AFAICT = as far as I can tell AFAIK = as far as I know There may well be many more! I don’t normally use them on public forums, for precisely the reason you’ve highlighted, but it seemed appropriate to use AFAICS here in response to your AFAIG comment. YMMV, of course!! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 17 hours ago, abra100pro said: What would be a problem in giving AD full disk access? Giving it full disk access essentially defeats various sandbox-related file protections, allowing AD to access virtually any file your user account can access without prompting. I would be hesitant to grant that to some random app downloaded off the internet, but I would probably trust Serif enough to enable that for the Affinity apps if it was necessary for some reason. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra100pro Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 On 6/1/2024 at 5:07 AM, fde101 said: Giving it full disk access essentially defeats various sandbox-related file protections, allowing AD to access virtually any file your user account can access without prompting. I would be hesitant to grant that to some random app downloaded off the internet, but I would probably trust Serif enough to enable that for the Affinity apps if it was necessary for some reason. Thanks, I share your opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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