macOS 27.3 could change how you grant AI agents Full Disk Access, here’s how

Apple is preparing macOS 27.3 to change how users grant AI agents Full Disk Access, following the company's October 2, 2026 announcement that it would tighten macOS privacy controls amid a rise in AI agents requesting Full Disk Access and then accessing user data without users being fully aware. The specific design of the changes has not been confirmed by Apple; the report describes only an early indication of how they might look.

Last month, Apple announced it’d be tightening privacy controls https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/02/apple-says-its-tightening-macos-privacy-controls-amid-the-rise-of-ai-agents/ in a future macOS update, in response to AI agents requesting Full Disk Access then going rogue https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/28/yeah-dont-give-metas-muse-app-access-to-your-mac/ with users data without them being fully aware. Now, we have an idea of how the changes might look.