Since upgrading to MacOS Sonoma, I've been getting two pop-ups every time I boot up my machine, as follows:
"USBserver" would like to access data from other apps." Don't allow / Allow.
"NETserver" would like to access data from other apps." Don't allow / Allow.
I have no idea which app on my system is triggering this or why. Any ideas how to deal with this so that the annoying pop-ups don't appear every time I log in?
Thanks for any insights.
It would appear possibly related to some Third Party Security Software if any is installed on this computer ?
Or some third party application that whats or needs Full Disk Access
To avoid the question / answer and question answer scenario
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Looks like both prompts are regarding the same app, just different parts of the app....the icon in the message is the same for both requests. Look for that icon on one of your installed third party apps in order to identify the app in question.
I agree these messages are frustrating since they never include enough information to make an informed decision. Even if you know the app involved, why does it need that access?
When in doubt it is best to deny any request...sooner or later you will discover an app which isn't working because it doesn't have the necessary access permissions. Unfortunately, changing those permissions is not easy because where are those permissions configured exactly? Sometimes you can delete the app's .plist preference file and relaunch the app which can get the app to prompt you with these first time messages again.
I'm getting it with Homebrew's BASH when I execute a script via Cron. The script calls `defaults read` and it started happening after the 14.2.1 update. 14.2 just silently denied the action and I never knew anything was going wrong.
<app> would like to access data from other apps
