Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk

Apple is tightening “Full Disk Access” permissions on Macs. As reported earlier by TechCrunch, Apple will add new limits for “Full Disk Access” on Mac in response to risks posed by AI agents; the report says AI agents have made those risks rise “substantially.” ^[3]

In an update on Friday, Apple said it is rolling out new controls to ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this “extraordinary level of access” can only authorize it when conditions are met; the public excerpt did not show the full conditions. ^[3] An earlier related report, titled “Apple sounds the alarm on AI agents and 'Full Disk Access',” noted that there is an increasingly high cost to convenience. ^[1]

Currently available public information does not disclose the full details of the new limits, but the direction is clear: when AI agents can operate a Mac on a user's behalf, system-level disk access becomes a key security and privacy risk point.