Usually, a reason will be given by credible apps when they ask for a full access.įor example, Antivirus One, are designed to check the security of your various applications, thus it perfectly makes sense.

On the other hand, when some irrelevant applications are asking to access your Mail or Reminders, you should think over their real intentions. Given the privilege, these apps will work with better productivity. In this case, many applications you use daily may ask for a full access to your backup, for instance, a daily scheduler or some other app from “Productivity” category.

In which case should you grant Full Disk Access Firstly, an accountable app or apps developed by reliable developer. Currently, if you do not have Full Disk Access required by those application, they will not be able to select files for backup or check your files to see if they are under protection. Software like Antivirus One need Full Disk Access to access and check your files.

However, the fact is, from the version macOS 10.14 Mojave, Full Disk Access is required by many programs to scan your Mail, Messages, Safari files, and other user data.įull Disk Access is a new security feature in macOS Mojave that allows some applications to access full permission to a user’s protected files. People are usually afraid of Full Disk Access, which tend to give an impression of privacy disclosure.