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Reputation: 712

Possible to Add to Finder Sidebar Since LSSharedFileList is Deprecated?

Looking to add a folder to Finder's sidebar favorites, but it appears all avenues have been fully deprecated when it comes to modern day macOS. Everything LSSharedFileList* is now unusable, and even scripting doesn't appear to be an option judging by the output of sdef /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app.

Is there any way, preferably sandbox-friendly, to modify sidebar items in Finder from a Swift application?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 536

Answers (1)

jvarela
jvarela

Reputation: 3847

I am sorry for being the bearer of "bad news", but there isn't any replacement for LSSharedFileList, nor there will be one offered by Apple. The reasoning behind this is they want to prevent developers from using and abusing APIs that may interfere with the user's right to choose how their interface should look like or what rights they want to give to developers to do things behind the users' backs. Some applications abused this freedom and started to add folders to the sidebar without user's consent. The same was true when some powerful companies abused their developer capabilities by adding their apps to the tcc.db database to track what their users were doing without express consent. Thus, this is a consequence of bad behaviour, and we developers are paying the price for it.

Upvotes: 4

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