Show HN: Stop the app permission popups on macOS
Hey HN, I maintain a few Mac apps as side projects. Most of them involve permissions of some kind (microphone, screen recording) and I've always been annoyed by the abrupt permission granting popup that Mac will pop up whenever you request access: "MyApp would like to access your microphone" Don't allow | Allow "Allow MyApp to access devices on the local network" Don't allow | Allow etc etc I'm empathetic to Apple wanting to shock people out of their complacency - but the exp
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2026-11-12 20:45:35.775Z
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Repository: piercefreeman/trustme. Source account: Hey HN, I maintain a few Mac apps as side projects. Most of them involve permissions of some kind (microphone, screen recording) and I've always been annoyed by the abrupt permission granting popup that Mac will pop up whenever you request access: "MyApp would like to access your microphone" Don't allow | Allow "Allow MyApp to access devices on the local network" Don't allow | Allow etc etc I'm empathetic to Apple wanting to shock people out of their complacency - but the exp
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Source votes: 1 votes (Nov 12, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication)
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