Hi,
I'm the developer of Mail Signature (MAS, bundle ID: de.metaflash.mail-signature),
a Mac app that uses iCloud Drive to sync email signatures.
On macOS Tahoe, when a user denies the iCloud access permission dialog
on first launch, there is absolutely no way to reverse that decision
through System Settings.
Regression from Sequoia:
On Sequoia, after denying iCloud access, the app correctly appears under
System Settings → Privacy & Security → Files and Folders where the user
can toggle access back on.
On Tahoe, the app does not appear anywhere in Privacy & Security after
denial – not under Files and Folders, not under Apple ID → iCloud, nowhere.
Technical details:
Affected TCC services: kTCCServiceUbiquity + kTCCServiceLiverpool
tccutil reset Ubiquity alone is insufficient
Only tccutil reset All triggers the dialog again
This suggests both services need to be reset simultaneously
Impact:
Normal users are permanently locked out with zero recovery path.
The only workaround is Terminal:
tccutil reset All de.metaflash.mail-signature
...which is completely inaccessible to average consumers.
As a MAS developer we have no way to help users programmatically:
exec/child_process → sandbox blocked
NSUserUnixTask → designed for user-supplied scripts only, not reliable here
Apple Events to Terminal → blocked or App Review risk
Feedback submitted: FB22746525
Is anyone else seeing this? Would appreciate dups on the Feedback report.
Any workaround suggestions from DTS welcome.
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