Security News > 2023 > May > How to secure your Mac’s data via Full Disk Access settings

Determining the applications that can access data on your Mac is easier thanks to Apple including the Full Disk Access menu within its Privacy & Security System Settings.

Not all of those programs necessarily require full disk access - that is, permissions to read, write and execute files stored throughout your Mac's hard disk - all the time.

Down the road, if you need to reenable full permissions for that program to operate and perform an application removal, you can reopen Full Disk Access, slide the radio button to its enabled position, perform the app removal, then disable the app's Full Disk Access permissions again.

Because Apple believes it's important for Mac users to receive "Full transparency, consent and control" of the information on their computer, the company made it easy to enable and disable Full Disk Access.

After opening the settings within Privacy & Security, as shown in Figure B, you can enable and disable the programs on your Mac that receive the full disk settings using each app's respective radio button.

If you're testing a new app, you can enable the full permission knowing you can always uninstall the app or disable its Full Disk Access settings from within the Mac's Privacy & Security menu.

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