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Show HN: Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?"

What HN thinks

Installing an unsigned app with Accessibility rights to stop the OS from asking for permissions: peak 2020s computing.

Apple's permission UX is broken
Many see the repeated, vague dialogs as poor design, made worse by keying decisions to random temp paths for Chromium and other auto-updating apps.
Trusting small brew tools is risky
Commenters debate how to vet tiny unsandboxed utilities, with some using LLM code reviews and others warning about prompt injection and future compromise.
AI lets anyone fix annoyances
Some celebrate that people can now build small fixes for OS irritations themselves with LLM help.

Consensus: Most agree the macOS local network prompt is badly implemented and should be fixed by Apple, though they disagree on whether a third-party workaround is worth the risk.

Recommended in the comments

Squeegee ↗ (tool): Its author shared it as another example of fixing a macOS annoyance with an AI-built tool.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 6 hours ago.

Points: 114
Comments: 85
Best rank: #4
Posted: 2026-10-29 by johncassil
Category: Programming

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