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Jon B.1's avatar
Jon B.1
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4 years ago

SwiftyDropbox keychain permission dialog only appearing on Monterey

Hi -- we've been running a SwiftyDropbox-based macOS app for a couple of years now, with little or no trouble.  Since we've started installing it on Monterey, we've noticed that on some -- not all --...
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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

The SwiftyDropbox SDK uses the Keychain to store and retrieve the access/refresh token for the user (you can find it here in the code), but SwiftyDropbox SDK itself doesn't provide a way to configure any such Keychain options, so I'm afraid I can't offer too much help here. The SDK just asks the system for the specified credentials, and I believe the system itself decides whether or not this prompt is needed. Apple may be able to offer better guidance on if/how it's possible to configure the app to avoid this on various versions of macOS.

  • Jon B.1's avatar
    Jon B.1
    Collaborator | Level 9
    4 years ago

    Thanks -- I'll pursue this with Apple!  If I get a sensible answer, I'll report it here.

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