Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?"
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This popup has been a constant gripe of mine for years. I almost NEVER want to allow this permission and there is no system setting to disable it globally and prevent the popup from interrupting your typing, etc. This tiny swift app I built will autoclose it in 1/4th of a second and leave behind a little notification that it did so. Would love to hear feedback!
HN · launched Oct 29, 2026 · 154 upvotes (top 6%) · 0 views
Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 448 launches in macos system utilities →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a small, legitimate macOS utility that automates dismissal of a system permission prompt. A solo developer with Swift and Accessibility API knowledge can build it quickly with AI assistance.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Hammerspoon scripts, winutil
Concerns raised: permission prompts are coarse and lack context, Don't Allow choice is not remembered, app-supplied prompt text may be misleading, temp-folder launch breaks permission tracking, prompts appear without user engaging the feature
Feature requests: auto-dismiss 'access data from other apps' prompt, per-bundle-ID permission memory, async consent with placeholder content until granted, prompt only when the feature is used
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 461 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #45 of 462 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 355 days after the earliest competitor.
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