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Adobe InDesign 2026 macOS Permission Alert: “Wants to Access Data from Other Apps”

Forum|Forum|21 days ago
January 29, 2026
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Hello, how do I get rid of this message? It has been appearing since 21.2.
“Adobe InDesign 2026” wants to access data from other apps.
Thank you for your help and feedback.

Correct answer Abhishek Rao

Hi @Urs Attinger,

Thanks for reaching out. Adding to the expert suggestions, this prompt is coming from macOS privacy controls, not from InDesign itself. To stop it from appearing, please go to System Settings > Privacy and Security > Full Disk Access and make sure Adobe InDesign is enabled there.

For reference, you can also take a look at these similar discussions where the same behavior was resolved by granting full disk access: https://community.adobe.com/questions-606/cc-library-asks-for-permission-every-time-i-restart-my-mac-580498 and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255856376

Please let me know if the message stops appearing after this. Looking forward to update.

Abhishek

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Karen29052777t8ee

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Is there a way to turn the message off, WITHOUT allowing full access?

leo.r

Community Expert

Is there a way to turn the message off, WITHOUT allowing full access?

Do you have any particular reason to decline the access?

You can try, of course. But then InDesign, potentially, won’t be able to function properly in various ways that nobody can predict.

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Urs AttingerAuthor

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Okay. Thank you all for your help and feedback. Have a successful day.

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Urs AttingerAuthor

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Yes, it works as described. I'm just wondering how secure it is with full access? I hope Apple or Adobe will change that somehow.

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Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

This is completely Apple, they do it with all Apps - the Apple OS is severely restricted and new apps need to be indvidually granted access to the OS systems.

Maybe something Adobe can do, but my point of view is it’s Apple OS restrictions.

friendshaped

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Why then is it that I only encounter this behavior with the 2026 Adobe apps.

I have Illustrator 2023 and Photoshop 2025 installed in addition to the 2026 versions and neither older version triggers this warning nor is either app is in my Full Disk Access permissions list inside of System Settings.

Abhishek Rao

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Hi @Urs Attinger,

Thanks for reaching out. Adding to the expert suggestions, this prompt is coming from macOS privacy controls, not from InDesign itself. To stop it from appearing, please go to System Settings > Privacy and Security > Full Disk Access and make sure Adobe InDesign is enabled there.

For reference, you can also take a look at these similar discussions where the same behavior was resolved by granting full disk access: https://community.adobe.com/questions-606/cc-library-asks-for-permission-every-time-i-restart-my-mac-580498 and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255856376

Please let me know if the message stops appearing after this. Looking forward to update.

Abhishek

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Urs AttingerAuthor

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... nothing, it just disappears. And when I restart InDesign, the same message appears again in Bridge. I've already uninstalled both programs and reinstalled them. But that didn't help either.

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Manan Joshi

Community Expert

What happens if you provide the access? Not sure why it is asking for this permission

-Manan

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Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

Wonder was it a Mac OS update? I’ve seen the Mac ask for permissions for everything, from the eyedropper tool, to access to the desktop - Mac OS drives me crazy.

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