Entitlements confer specific capabilities or security permissions to your app.
Questions tagged [entitlements]
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How will Lion's New Security Model Affect things like Python?
I'm curious to know how the new security model in OS X Lion will affect the future. Specifically, I'm questioning Entitlements and Sandboxing.
This isn't a question of whether or not these are good ideas. Rather, this is a question of best guess of…

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How to run an AppleScript from a sandboxed application on a Mac (OS X)
We are developing an application for the Mac App Store using Qt 5.2.0.Framework on MacOSX 10.9.
Here is a simple AppleScript that creates a Microsoft Excel workbook and saves to any location.
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
set myworkbook to…

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Error while implementing Sandbox: "deny file-read-metadata /Library"
I realize that I'm a bit late to the game here in getting sandbox-ready, but so it goes.
I'm developing for OS X 10.9. The app displays Calendar event data, but does not allow editing, so I have enabled the Calendars capability.
The app works great…

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Resigning an application outside xcode
I have some apps i wanna resign with a different apple developer license,
Problem is, i dont have source code, only the ipa file, the app and the archiveinfo.plist
is it possible for me to resign the app if i dont have the source code?
Thanks!
Ompah

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getting unsatisfied entitlements
When I'm starting my MacOS app, I can see at the console the errors
com.myAppBundle: Unsatisfied entitlements: com.apple.security.application-groups
Disallowing: com.myAppBundle
However, it's seems that the app is working just fine,
and I do…

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Data Protection / NSFileProtectionComplete - successfully supported through entitlements.plist?
I'm looking to encrypt user data in an app, and the NSFileProtection mechanism looks perfect for this.
This SO Question / Answer thread pointed me at the WWDC 2011 Video Securing iOS Apps which gave the 'too good to be true' tip of setting Data…

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The application-identifier entitlement is not formatted correctly - iOS Xcode 4
I've migrated to Xcode 4, and can no longer submit my application to the App Store. Every time I submit either via Xcode or Application Loader, I get the same error:
"the application-identifier entitlement is not formatted correctly ... "
Googling…

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App Store upload rejected by push entitlements problem
I had to make some changes in my old iPhone app in XCode.
When uploading it to the App Store I get the following problem:
"ITMS-90078: Missing Push Notification Entitlement - Your app appears to register with the Apple Push Notification service, but…

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How to deal with this error AVAudioSessionErrorCodeMissingEntitlement?
I'm trying to integrate with iOS10's CallKit, however when I'm trying to initialize the audio session after accept a phone call, this "AudioUnitInitialize" API will throw out this error "AVAudioSessionErrorCodeMissingEntitlement".
According to the…

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Missing Code Signing Entitlements for resource bundle xcode 6.3
I am writing a static library and when i go to add it into my .ipa file and do an export/submit to apple i get this error.
ERROR ITMS-90166: "Missing Code Signing Entitlements. No entitlements found in bundle 'com.xxxxx.xxxxxxResources' for…

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Mac OS X: Open file in finder + App Sandbox
I try to open a finder window which works fine but every time I do this there is 1 second delay and an error logged.
[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] selectFile:@"Users/[TheUser]/Downloads" inFileViewerRootedAtPath:pathStr];
The log displays:…

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Cannot show Automatic Strong Passwords
Error Message:
[AutoFill] Cannot show Automatic Strong Passwords for app bundleID: com.AnyPlay due to error: Cannot identify the calling app's process. Check teamID and bundleID in your app's application-identifier entitlement
Entitlement looks…

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How to trigger the local network dialog authorization for multicast entitlement using iOS 14
Following iOS 14 new policy of blocking access to local network, a com.apple.developer.networking.multicast special entitlement is needed to access the local network, and this access should be confirmed by user during an authorization dialog.…

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Warning for Xcode Capabilities for [project] may not function correctly because its entitlements use a placeholder team ID
I am new to Xcode. Just started a single view project and encountered following error.
Project name: Pitch Perfect
xcode version: 10.2.1
osx version: 10.14.5
:-1: Capabilities for Pitch Perfect may not function correctly because its entitlements use…

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ignoring mis-configured plug-in at /Path/To/Foo.appex: plug-ins must be sandboxed
I'm getting this message spammed in the console:
Additionally, my extension doesn't show up in System Preferences:
(no, I'm not developing OneNote)
Here are the commands I use to install the extension, each of which claims it succeeded:
And here…

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