Mac App Store apps without sandbox enabled

Is it still possible? If so, what developer has to do to get this permission from Apple?

I see some apps use features that does not work when sandbox is enabled, to be specific, accessibility related. Some of those apps are quite new, so it is not about legacy apps.

Is it still possible?

NO.

2.4.5 Apps distributed via the Mac App Store have some additional requirements to keep in mind:

(i) They must be appropriately sandboxed...


I see some apps use features that does not work when sandbox is enabled, to be specific, accessibility related. Some of those apps are quite new, so it is not about legacy apps.

The requirement would not change whatever you guess some apps using features.

This is not guessing.

Indeed. But you also need to be careful not to guess about the reasons here. While I can’t comment on a specific developer’s app, my experience is that most non-sandbox Mac App Store apps are very old, and thus were published in the App Store before the sandbox requirement was enforced.

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Mac App Store apps without sandbox enabled
 
 
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