I want to troubleshoot entitlements to icloud drive. An app downloaded on the macOS app store has no entitlements related to icloud. Its entitlements look like this (removing the irrelevant ones): [Key] com.apple.developer.maps [Value] [Bool] true [Key] com.apple.security.app-sandbox [Value] [Bool] true [Key] com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write [Value] [Bool] true [Key] com.apple.security.network.client [Value] [Bool] true [Key] com.apple.security.network.server [Value] [Bool] true [Key] com.apple.security.personal-information.addressbook [Value] [Bool] true [Key] com.apple.security.personal-information.calendars [Value] [Bool] true [Key] com.apple.security.personal-information.location [Value] [Bool] true I have not manually given it access to the icloud drive. This app does not appear in the list of app appearing in Settings / iCloud Drive / options. And yet, this app is able to create its directory inside iCloud drive. My understanding is that it should not have access to iCloud drive without a specific entitlement. Is my understanding off, or is this is security bug?

I am trying to understand the mechanics of how iOS/iPadOS apps work on macs with Apple Silicon. In particular, I'd like to understand the runtime environment of these apps. I installed one to test it on a mac. I ran codesign --entitlements on a mac, on an iOS app downloaded form the mac app store. I was very surprised to see the sandbox entitement was NOT present. On iOS all apps are sandboxed, so I was very surprised to see that the macOS translation was not sandbox. This seems like a significant weakening of the security. Can anyone shed some light on that?

I run some tests for an iOS app, connecting the iPhone to my mac where the code resides. I notice that it fills the iPhone from system data, until the iPhone is full. I tried everything to remove the system data (I assume some logs from the XCode testing): reset network, restart the iPhone, remove the tested app, etc. Nothing works. I am stuck with having to erase all data on the iPhone and reinstall from scratch, which is very tedious. Any suggestions ? Thanks!