An unofficial dialog would pop up telling users the app needed their password "to work properly," when it was actually whitelisting itself in the Accessibility settings in an undocumented way. While it's generally understood that Dropbox requires deep hooks integrate its collaboration features on Apple machines, the old implementation wasn't clear about what it was doing. "We're actively working to make this better." "We realize this isn't a great experience," the company says on its support page.
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However, Dropbox told Venturebeat that Mac OS X users will see similar changes in the coming weeks. Apple has updated its protections around Accessibility and Dropbox is using it to better explain why it needs extended access once it has been installed.Ĭurrently, the new permissions are only available in the macOS Sierra app. The Dropbox Mac app will explicitly ask Sierra users for permission to access Accessibility, the macOS feature that allows the cloud backup tool to integrate with Microsoft Office, improve file syncing and perform automatic app updates.
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Desktop developer Ben Newhouse acknowledged that some design decisions made it look like it was circumventing Apple's built-in protections, but now that the new macOS Sierra update is available, Dropbox access requests are becoming a lot clearer. After concerns were raised over how its app had gained elevated privileges on users' Macs, Dropbox moved quickly to put people's minds at rest.
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