a security mechanism that separates running programs from each other so that untested, or untrusted programs won't inject malicious or bad code.
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Sandboxing certain OSX apps
I am running multiple modern internet and cloud related services. Is it possible to limit their access to parts of my filesystem? For example Dropbox only needs access to its Dropbox shared folder.
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Why doesn't this simple applescript work any more in ML mail.app (as a rule)
It works only when you right click on the mail message and choose "run rules", but not on incoming messages (without interaction).
The first dialog is shown both when incoming or running manually, ...
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Console reports “sandboxd deny mach-lookup” … Should I modify system.sb?
I'm getting two errors in the console at the same time TimeMachine is running and taking FOREVER to make any progress.
1/4/13 9:41:38.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(5838) deny mach-lookup ...
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Automatically Save Attachments in Mail.app in 10.8 Mountain Lion
I am trying to automatically save all email sent to one address (let's call it test@example.com) to this folder /Users/luomat/Dropbox/Incoming/e2w/ (where /Users/luomat = $HOME).
Here is the rule ...
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Can you override app sandboxing, force app to use working directory?
I'm trying to configure asymptote on my mac, which is a mathematical graphing language for LaTeX. The program is a Unix command line utility. According to the configuring instructions at ...
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Can Mac App Store purchased apps install Quicklook Plugins?
Since all apps are now sandboxed when purchased from the Mac App Store, what does this mean for the install process? Do you literally downoad the .app bundle, which gets placed into /Applications, and ...
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TextEdit shows dialogs about not having permission to open any files
About once per day, TextEdit starts showing dialogs like this when I try to open any file:
The document “test.txt” could not be opened. You don’t have permission.
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