Comment by ks2048

Comment by ks2048 12 hours ago

2 replies

> An App Store is the last place I would go to install a desktop app on either Windows or MacOS

Are macOS app in the app store ensured to have stricter sandboxing? That would be reason enough.

bouke 9 hours ago

Why is it that only App Store apps are sandboxed? I would like to sandbox most of the apps I’m running. No app needs a blanket slate to access my files. Sure there’s some of the permissions, but they aren’t granular enough.

  • comex 6 hours ago

    They can be, but the app itself has to opt in. You can see whether an app is sandboxed in Activity Monitor (it’s a hidden-by-default column named Sandbox).