# Full Disk Access on Mac: Here’s what Apple must, and must not, do

> Source: <https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/05/full-disk-access-on-mac-heres-what-apple-must-and-must-not-do/>
> Published: 2026-10-05 13:48:12+00:00

We’ve seen a number of examples of why giving Meta’s Muse app full disk access to your [Mac](https://9to5mac.com/guides/mac/) is [a very bad idea](https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/28/yeah-dont-give-metas-muse-app-access-to-your-mac/), and yet another major [privacy](https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/) issue has recently been discovered. It’s now been found that Muse analyzes your communication with everyone in your life on an hourly basis.

[Apple](https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/) is rightly concerned about the development, and in a blog post says that it will be [introducing additional controls](https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/02/apple-says-its-tightening-macos-privacy-controls-amid-the-rise-of-ai-agents/) around the Full Disk Access feature that’s been enabling the problems …