Re:First Look: macOS Monterey Public Beta
by ToFab123 on Friday July 02, 2021 @04:23AM
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> Apps not having file system access at all until you grant it, and then it’s folder by folder.
This is actually a feature I wish Windows had. On Windows you can enable "protected folders" and mark folders as protected. Applications cannot access those folders until you grant it.
On Windows when granting an app permission to a protected folder you grant it access to all of your protected folders.
You cannot grant a specific application access to a specific folder only eg. grant VLC access to your video folder only but will have to grant VLC permission to all your protected folders. In the default configuration this includes all your personal documents.
I wish Microsoft would make the protected folder feature just as granular as I can hear it is an a mac.
This is actually a feature I wish Windows had. On Windows you can enable "protected folders" and mark folders as protected. Applications cannot access those folders until you grant it.
On Windows when granting an app permission to a protected folder you grant it access to all of your protected folders.
You cannot grant a specific application access to a specific folder only eg. grant VLC access to your video folder only but will have to grant VLC permission to all your protected folders. In the default configuration this includes all your personal documents.
I wish Microsoft would make the protected folder feature just as granular as I can hear it is an a mac.