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Juan Cano
Inspiring
April 13, 2026
Question

Dear illustrator: Can you stop asking for access to other devices and applications?

  • April 13, 2026
  • 3 replies
  • 19 views

While I appreciate that we are in a long term relationship, and you have been very supportive after my messy break up with Aldus Freehand, I don’t appreciate you trying to get access to other applications in my Mac. I would like to be able to keep a little bit of privacy. I’m sure you can understand this.

 

Your truly,

 

Long Time user

    3 replies

    Bill Silbert
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 13, 2026

    I believe that the message you’re seeing is actually a Macintosh thing. It is controlled on a Mac through Settings>Privacy & Security. You can set up there whether you want certain programs to access other ones.

    tract97283658
    Participant
    April 13, 2026

    What other applications does it access and why?

    Eric Dumas
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 13, 2026

    A perfect topic for the dev team, leave them a note at https://illustrator.uservoice.com, maybe include some clear screenshot to illustrate our point