On 10 Oct 2012, at 00:16, Sean McBride <s...@rogue-research.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:59:46 +0100, Mike Abdullah said:
> 
>> Sandboxed apps can resolve aliases and follow symlinks, but unless the
>> destination is within their sandbox already they do not gain access to
>> it, sadly. I recommend filing a radar requesting this.
> 
> I will.
> 
> Do you agree with me that pathControl:acceptDrop: should pass the resolved 
> alias instead of the original?  Or perhaps provide a setResolvesAliases: like 
> NSOpenPanel does?

I don't know really. To resolve aliases properly would require it to be some 
sort of privileged UI component like NSOpenPanel. Or Apple would have to add a 
new entitlement for this, or adjust how the sandbox works. They all *work*, but 
the first option sucks for developers making other similar things.


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