I'm trying to script iTunes from NSAppleScript in my Cocoa app in order to add a file to the library. In my entitlements file, I added the following: <key>com.apple.security.scripting-targe...

I have a shoebox type (as opposed to document based) OS X app that stores images in the app's sandbox container. These images can be shared via Share Extensions (in form of a NSURL) or exported vi...

This is so weird! last week I created a test user account and it was just fine but today, it is asking me for adding birth year! as you see in the below screenshot. there's no year field to fill in...

I am building sandboxed OS X app (OS X 10.10.5, Xcode 6.4). In the course of execution I open NSOpenPanel object. Then I run next snippet: NSString* s=[@"~" stringByExpandingTildeInPath]; NSOpenP...

Getting a strange error when setting up Sandbox Tester in iTunesConnect. For some reason, iTunesConnects throws an error: "Invalid year". It looks like this: Oddly I cannot specify a year becaus...

I'm now trying to sandbox my command-line app which is written in Objective-C. Issue When the app was not sandboxed, I could get the directory where the user invoked the app using [[NSFileManager...

I've created a leaderboard in the sandbox mode for my game. Then I tried to play the game using different gamecenter accounts. But I can see only the score for currently logged-in account. Is it co...

I use QLPreviewView to show the quicklook preview in the app. Without sandbox, this works well, but once change the app to sandbox, the preview can not show up. I found the error in Console: Quick...

I can develop for iOS using the Simulator without an iOS Developer Program account (I just can't run on a device.) Is there an equivalent way of working for Mac Developer Program stuff? I want to t...

I have a security scope bookmark for a directory, provided by a user via an openDialog request. I'm trying to create another security scope bookmark for a file inside this directory: NSURL *music...

I have a sandboxed menubar application (no dock icon) that in it's preferences window allows the user to check a checkbox to have the app launch at login. I used to use the LSSharedFileList api, bu...

I have a sandboxed Cocoa app that, during an export process, needs to run a third party command-line tool. This tool appears to be hardcoded to use /tmp for its temporary files; sandboxing doesn't ...

I'm trying to submit a Mac app for Approval in the App Store, but linking with Growl is causing a validation error. I'm trying to re-codesign from the command line, but I'm getting the following er...

Is it possible for an app sold thru the Mac App Store to access system folders? I mean this: my app needs to read the contents of directories that are outside the sandbox area, lets say something...

I am creating a application which is reading files outside the application sandbox. I need the user's permission to read these files and I have got the security-scoped bookmarks to work, by making ...

I have developed a Mac desktop application and we have a business reason to have our users to install few drivers for our application to work. Due to sandbox constraint, I am not able to get the u...

The docs for -[NSURL startAccessingSecurityScopedResource] state: You must balance every call to the startAccessingSecurityScopedResource method with a corresponding call to the stopAccessingSec...

Apples' Sandobox is supposed to use Apple Event Access Groups, which allow applications to communicate with each other, as described in the WWDC video "Session 206 Secure Automation Techniques In O...

I'm developing an app with in-app purchasing and I am getting this error: You are not authorized to make purchases of this InApp in Sandbox at this time. I am sure I have everything set up cor...

In my sandboxed app, I'm trying to put NSURLs with security scope onto the pasteboard for a drag'n'drop from an NSTableView to the finder (and vice-versa). The code for the drag is fairly simple, ...

I’m working on a Mac OS app composed of a main app and a helper : Backup.app/ └── Contents ├── Library │ └── LoginItems │ └── BackupHelper.app ├── MacOS │ └── Backup Backup.app: ask the use...

I'm trying to create document-scope security scoped bookmarks for file packages. That is, directories where NSURLIsPackageKey is YES. I know you're not normally supposed to be able to create docume...

I have a sanboxed mac app with com.apple.security.assets.pictures.read-write entitlement set to YES. Hence, I can access users actual /Users/username/Pictures directory. I would like to get the p...

I'm trying to sandbox my app before submitting to the Mac App store and I need to open a dmg file. I tried the following, but I don't know if it's supposed to work with the Apple Sandbox. NSTask ...

I have a basic Cocoa app that let's the user manage a list of files. Files are added via drag & drop and I persist the access permissions in a secure bookmark across application restarts. So f...