Swift Playgrounds macOS repeatedly asks “My App would like to access data from other apps”

Environment:

  • Swift Playgrounds (macOS)
  • SwiftUI App Preview
  • macOS version: 26.2 (25C56)

Issue: In Swift Playgrounds on macOS, the app repeatedly shows the system permission dialog:

“My App would like to access data from other apps. Keeping app data separate makes it easier to manage your privacy and security.”

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Create a new SwiftUI app in Swift Playgrounds.
  2. Run the SwiftUI App Preview.
  3. When the permission dialog appears, click “Allow”.

Expected Result: The permission should be granted once and persist, allowing the preview to continue normally.

Actual Result: After clicking “Allow”, the SwiftUI App Preview crashes and restarts. When the preview restarts, the same permission dialog appears again. This repeats indefinitely, creating a loop.

Notes:

  • This occurs even when no explicit file system or inter-app data access code is written.
  • The permission choice does not appear to persist between preview restarts.

Question: Is this a known limitation of Swift Playgrounds sandboxing or SwiftUI App Preview? Is there an official workaround or recommended approach to avoid this behavior while using Swift Playgrounds?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 870958022

This is a known issue. See the discussion on this thread.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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This is a known issue. See the discussion on this thread.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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