Apple Will Require Explicit User Action to Grant Full Disk Access in macOS, Citing AI Agents

Apple will introduce additional controls for Full Disk Access in macOS , so that users can grant an app access to the entire system only through "very explicit user action," according to a post titled "Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS" published on Apple's developer website on October 2, 2026. Apple names the growing capabilities of AI agents as a main reason for the change. The new controls are not yet available, and Apple has not given a release date or macOS version.