Apple

Products and models

• Full Disk Access Product
• macOS Product

Facts we checked

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• Apple wrote: "As AI agents become increasingly capable and autonomous, the risks associated with this level of access will grow substantially."

  Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS · Apple Developer · archived copy · checked 4 Oct 2026 · Cite this fact · the story

• Apple wrote: "Going forward, we will introduce additional controls to ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with very explicit user action."

  Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS · Apple Developer · archived copy · checked 4 Oct 2026 · Cite this fact · the story

• Apple wrote: "Some developers are using Full Disk Access in ways that could put users at risk, exposing everything on their systems—including files, mail, messages, and even browsing history—without users' full knowledge and understanding."

  Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS · Apple Developer · archived copy · checked 4 Oct 2026 · Cite this fact · the story

• Apple wrote: "Full Disk Access largely sidesteps these controls in order to allow backup apps to function properly on the Mac." The controls are "a set of controls designed to protect users' private data".

  Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS · Apple Developer · archived copy · checked 4 Oct 2026 · Cite this fact · the story

• Apple Developer published "Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS", dated October 2, 2026.

  Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS · Apple Developer · archived copy · checked 4 Oct 2026 · Cite this fact · the story

The story

• 4 Oct Safety and securityApple says it will add controls on macOS Full Disk Access, citing AI agents, without a date.

Cases

Ongoing case: Sandboxes for coding agents