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1. #BITDEFENDER FOR MAC OUTSIDE APP STORE HOW TO#
2. #BITDEFENDER FOR MAC OUTSIDE APP STORE CODE#
3. #BITDEFENDER FOR MAC OUTSIDE APP STORE SERIES#
4. #BITDEFENDER FOR MAC OUTSIDE APP STORE DOWNLOAD#

#BITDEFENDER FOR MAC OUTSIDE APP STORE CODE#

Please review the section in that article entitled “Getting user intent for folders outside the sandbox.” We’ll review the code shown in that section again as a slightly modified version of it is also incorporated into the source included with this tutorial’s sample project. Remember that no permission is needed from the user to access the file system inside the app’s sandboxed container.Ĭonfiguring and implementing this intent-getting feature requires some preparation via Xcode which is discussed in detail in Part II of this series. This is one of Apple’s methods for limiting the vulnerable surface area of the app to attack by malware. Apple is getting the user’s overt permission - they call “intent” - to access that folder/file. If a user wants to access a file/folder that is outside of the container, Apple requires the user to explicitly select that file/folder using an NSOpenPanel. Review of getting user intent for folders outside the sandbox Using Apple’s language, we’ll only be talking about an app-scoped bookmark, one which “provides your sandboxed app with persistent access to a user-specified file or folder.” The other type, a document-scoped bookmark, is similar but slightly more complex and “typically supports the notion of a project document that refers to other files.” I leave it to you to do some research and easily extrapolate from the knowledge provided in this tutorial. There are actually two types of security-scoped bookmarks. To keep this article focused on one topic, let me just be precise in my terminology. To reiterate, in this tutorial, we’re going to “bookmark” a resource - a folder’s URL - outside the sandbox so the user doesn’t have to approve access to that folder every time he/she opens the app. Because of scope, time, and space constraints, I’ve confined the discussion of resources to the file system, but keep in mind that your vulnerable surface area includes Mac components like network connections, microphones, the camera, Bluetooth, etc. Apple wants us as developers to start with very little access to system resources and then only request more resources on an as-needed basis. Apps are only useful if they can act on some type of input and produce meaningful output. Of course, an app would be useless if this fence was impenetrable. You should think of the sandbox as a very constrictive fence surrounding your app. Please review, but let me briefly explain how today’s tutorial gives you additional control over sandbox restrictions. My Part II article has a detailed definition of sandboxing in the section entitled “What is an app sandbox?”. You can review my column here on AppCoda for a list of all four parts of my series, as well as all my other articles.

#BITDEFENDER FOR MAC OUTSIDE APP STORE HOW TO#

Part III was my detailed guide on how to use Packages, by far one of the most popular macOS development tools, for creating app installers, allowing you too securely distribute your products and help your customers easily add your functionality to their Macs. In my second tutorial (Part II), I examined the app sandbox and then built an app that, whether sandboxed or not sandboxed, could read and write outside of its container - and could be sold and distributed either outside the MAS or through the MAS, both with Apple’s blessings. In Part I of this series, I built a non-sandboxed app, discussed certificates, signed the app, notarized it, briefly talked about building an installer, signed and notarized the installer, and lastly touched on distribution of the app installer.

#BITDEFENDER FOR MAC OUTSIDE APP STORE SERIES#

This is the fourth part in a four-part series of tutorials comparing the differences between distributing macOS apps inside and outside of the Mac App Store (MAS), comparing sandboxed and non-sandboxed apps, and considering app security.

#BITDEFENDER FOR MAC OUTSIDE APP STORE DOWNLOAD#

Please download my sample Xcode 11.6 project, written in Swift, essential for getting the most out of this tutorial.

Specifically, I’ll be clarifying Apple’s rather terse documentation on “the methods, constants, and entitlements to use for implementing security-scoped bookmarks in your app.” I’ll be explaining in-depth how developers can create these special bookmarks, store them, access them later, including two required steps that must take place just before and just after a stored bookmark is referenced. If the user reopens the app and wants to again read from and write to that “outside” folder, they have to go through the whole process of showing macOS their “intent” to stray out of the container - unless the developer adds something called “security-scoped bookmarks.” These bookmarks are the topic of today’s tutorial. When a macOS user specifically grants a sandboxed app access to a file/folder outside of that app’s container, that special access only survives until the app is closed.