Illustrator 30.6 repeatedly requests macOS "Access data from other apps" permission on every launch
Every time Illustrator is launched, it triggers a dialog asking for "permission to access data from other apps" that requires a click to continue working. Every time! This is nuts. Granting this permission once should be enough.
Illustrator (30.5.1, MacOS Sequoia 15.7.7)
Don Whelan
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Marije
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System
- MacBook Pro 14" (Apple M3 Pro)
- macOS Tahoe 26.5.2
- Adobe Illustrator 30.6
- Creative Cloud up to dateIssue
Every time I launch Illustrator, macOS displays the privacy prompt:
"Adobe Illustrator 2026.app would like to access data from other apps."
If I click "Don't Allow", the same prompt appears again every time Illustrator starts.
The prompt appears immediately after launching Illustrator, before opening any document.
Expected behavior
If I deny permission once, macOS should remember my choice and should not ask again on every launch.
Troubleshooting already performed
- Illustrator is fully up to date (30.6)
- Creative Cloud is fully up to date
- macOS is fully up to date
- Creative Cloud file sync is disabled
- I do not use Adobe Cloud Documents
- Reset TCC permissions:
tccutil reset All com.adobe.illustrator
- Launched Illustrator while holding Shift (without plug-ins)
- Issue still occurs on every launchThis appears to be a bug in the way Illustrator requests the macOS privacy permission, because macOS does not remember the user's "Don't Allow" choice.
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Don, is this something that only 30.5.1 does? or do you remember it earlier?
