# Sandboxing and Mac App Store

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sandboxing-and-mac-app-store/20970>\
**Category:** macOS\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sandboxing-and-mac-app-store/20970 "2020-06-10T18:33:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dmiskiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/dmiskiew/32/8026_2.png) [@dmiskiew](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dmiskiew)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sandboxing-and-mac-app-store/20970/1 "2020-06-10T18:33:27Z")

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**Description**  
According to Apple Sandboxing is required for all applications submitted to the Mac App Store, but apps in the Zoom SDK for macOS are not and it’s blocking our release ☹

The error message from Apple says:

> The App sandbox not enabled. The following executables must include the “com.apple.security.app-sandbox” entitlement with a Boolean value of true in the entitlements property list: “…/Contents/Frameworks/SDK\_Transcode.app/Contents/MacOS/SDK\_Transcode”,  
> “…/Contents/Frameworks/airhost.app/Contents/MacOS/airhost”,  
> “…/Contents/Frameworks/aomhost.app/Contents/MacOS/aomhost”
> 
> Refer to App Sandbox page at [App Sandbox | Apple Developer Documentation](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/app_sandbox) for more information on sandboxing your app.

**Which version?**  
v4.6.21666.0427

**To Reproduce(If applicable)**  
Try to submit sample app with ZoomSDK included to the Mac App Store.

**Smartphone (please complete the following information):**

- Device: Macbook Pro
- OS: macOS
- Version 10.15.2 (19C57)

**Additional context**  
Xcode: 10.2.1

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**Author:** ![carson.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/carson.zoom/32/785_2.png) [@carson.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/carson.zoom)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sandboxing-and-mac-app-store/20970/2 "2020-06-12T06:19:48Z")

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Hi @dmiskiew,

Thanks for the post. Our macOS SDK does not support the sandbox and submit to the Mac App Store since the Zoom client does not support them as well.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![tmiskiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tmiskiew/32/9174_2.png) [@tmiskiew](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tmiskiew)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sandboxing-and-mac-app-store/20970/3 "2020-06-12T06:31:13Z")

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That’s a bummer @carson.zoom and totally unfair that Zoom did not include this information in the macOS SDK.

It’s not unlikely that someone building an app a macOS SDK wants to put his app into Mac App Store and only finds out after investing a significant amount of resources to build the app, right?

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**Author:** ![carson.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/carson.zoom/32/785_2.png) [@carson.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/carson.zoom)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sandboxing-and-mac-app-store/20970/4 "2020-06-17T06:00:03Z")

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Closed on June 17, 2020, 6:00am UTC