Full Disk Access in the Age of Agents

This week on AppStories, Federico and John start realizing the benefits of their attempt to automate all administrative tasks and explain why Apple's vague developer blog post about Full Disk Access and AI agents should concern all Mac users whether or not they use AI.
On AppStories+, as John nears the finish line on his podcast production suite for the Mac, he explains how the project started and what it's done to improve his podcasting workflow.
Also available on YouTube here.
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Links and Show Notes
Apple's Full Disk Access Announcement
Apple Announces Plan to Impose New Full Disk Access Controls on Mac Developers
Apple Developer Blog post
Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To
Meta denies its Muse AI agent read a journalist's private messages
Some Mac Utilities That Rely on Full Disk Access
Raycast
Alfred
Bloom
Setapp
CleanMyMac
DaisyDisk
Pixelmator Pro
AppStories+ Post-Show
Tools and services mentioned:
Riverside
Transistor
Libsyn
Logic Pro
Final Cut Pro
Hush
iZotope RX
Whisper
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