dontallow
Auto-dismiss the macOS 'Allow X to find devices on local networks?' prompt. Presses Don't Allow for you, zero CPU idle, survives reboots.
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GITHUB · launched Oct 29, 2026 · 97 upvotes (top 14%) · 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
- accessibility
- launchd
- local-network
- macos
- privacy
- swift
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More like this: all 448 launches in macos system utilities →
Could you build this?
Yes The tool is a small macOS background agent that watches for the local-network permission dialog and clicks the Don't Allow button. Swift or AppleScript with Accessibility APIs and a launch agent is a small, well-scoped build.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 551 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #116 of 552 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 359 days after the earliest competitor.
- Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?" · hn · 2026-10-29 · 154 upvotes · similarity 0.75
- PanicLock · hn · 2026-02-06 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- SoloDisplay · ph · 2026-09-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- MyLocal · ph · 2026-11-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- RemoveMacAI · github · 2026-09-29 · 125 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- RemoveMacAI · ph · 2026-10-12 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- rind · github · 2026-11-09 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- MacMiniMode · github · 2026-10-07 · 160 upvotes · similarity 0.46
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