The way this is written makes it sound like there will be a call to... Yes, and I'm actually not sure where that documentation entry actually came from, as it doesn't actually make very much sense (r.165622059). The header doc is a bit more clear: Disable implicitly starting access of the ephemeral security-scoped resource during resolution. Instead, call -[NSURL startAccessingSecurityScopedResource] on the returned URL when ready to use the resource. Not applicable to security-scoped bookmarks. The key word there is ephemeral. On macOS, there is infrastructure in place such that if an app makes a normal bookmark and gives it to another app, that other app has access to the file it JUST received without any additional action. That mechanism is what ephemeral and implicit refer to. That system is better described in NSURLBookmarkCreationWithoutImplicitSecurityScope: Bookmarks that you create without security scope automatically carry implicit ephemeral security scope. This security scope is valid unti
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