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Access data from other apps

HackaMac — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:41:12 GMT

Fusion 13.5 on macOS Sonoma M1Max

From time to time I get a pop-up saying "VMware Fusion 13.app would like to access data from other apps." (see attached). It seems to happen some time after I start-up a VM, but I haven't figured out what, specifically, triggers it. Does anyone know what "other apps" it needs to access? "Allow" or "Don't Allow" don't seem to have any apparent affect. Even after clicking "allow", it still eventually comes back. Could this be related to the background item that's added every time Fusion is started?

Re: Access data from other apps

ColoradoMarmot — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 23:21:09 GMT

That's odd. There's a background process popup bug that still isn't fixed. The only thing that comes it mind is if you have mac-side set to open content in a windows app.

Re: Access data from other apps

Technogeezer — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:43:16 GMT

Does Fusion have full disk access? I've seen reports of other applications throwing the same error in Sonoma as Apple seems to have tightened access and security with Sonoma. I have it set for that in my system and never have seen that message. I'll try turning full disk access for Fusion off and see if I get anything similar.

Re: Access data from other apps

HackaMac — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 02:01:52 GMT

> ...if you have mac-side set to open content in a windows app.

I didn't think that was available on Apple Silicon?

Re: Access data from other apps

HackaMac — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 02:06:38 GMT

> Does Fusion have full disk access?

No, it didn't. If it asked for it I probably denied it; I only give that out grudgingly I wish app developers in general would do a better job of explaining why they want their entitlements. I'll run with it on for a few days and see if that was it.

Thanks!