This week on AppStories, Federico and John start realizing the benefits of their attempt to automate all administrative tasks and explain why Apple’s vague developer blog post about Full Disk Access and AI agents should concern all Mac users whether or not they use AI.

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AppStories Episode 505 - Full Disk Access in the Age of Agents

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Links and Show Notes

Apple’s Full Disk Access Announcement

• [Apple Announces Plan to Impose New Full Disk Access Controls on Mac Developers](https://www.macstories.net/linked/apple-announces-plan-to-impose-new-full-disk-access-controls-on-mac-developers/
  • Apple Developer Blog post
• Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To
• Meta denies its Muse AI agent read a journalist’s private messages

Some Mac Utilities That Rely on Full Disk Access

• Raycast
• Alfred
• Bloom
• Setapp
• CleanMyMac
• DaisyDisk
• Pixelmator Pro

AppStories+ Post-Show

• Tools and services mentioned:
  • Riverside
  • Transistor
  • Libsyn
  • Logic Pro
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Hush
  • iZotope RX
  • Whisper

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