Full Disk Access (macOS)
Apple implemented a security feature in macOS 10.14 (Mojave) that restricts applications from accessing certain parts of the file system without explicit user consent. This may hinder the proper functioning of Flame Family applications and services in some situations.
Users can manually grant these permissions via the macOS System Settings.
Enabling Full Disk Access
macOS 12
- Open the macOS System Preferences panel.
- Select the Privacy & Security section.
- Navigate to the Privacy tab.
- Navigate to the Full Disk Access section.
- Grant Full Disk Access to the following applications and services:
- Flame
- Flare
- Flame Assist
- ifffsWiretapServer
- wiretapgateway
- sw_serverd
- sw_dbd
- DLmpd
- nfsd
Note: The applications or services appear in the Full Disk Access section only after being denied disk access by macOS.
macOS 13 & 14
- Open the macOS System Settings panel.
- Select the Privacy & Security section.
- Navigate to the Full Disk Access sub-section.
- Grant Full Disk Access to the following applications and services:
- Flame
- Flare
- Flame Assist
- ifffsWiretapServer
- wiretapgateway
- sw_serverd
- sw_dbd
- DLmpd
- nfsd
Note: The applications or services appear in the Full Disk Access section only after being denied disk access by macOS.
How to Validate Full Disk Access
Using the Service Monitor
The Full Disk Access diagnostic in the Diagnostics tab of the Service Monitor can be used to verify if all applications and services have ben correctly granted Full Disk Access.
Upon Application Startup
The application displays a warning if it or a service does not have the necessary Full Disk Access to function properly. This warning appears only when macOS denies a disk access request from the application or a service.