What are app entitlements, and what do they do?

What are app entitlements, and what do they do?

Entitlements are settings baked into an app’s signature that enable it to do things that otherwise wouldn’t be allowed. Many let App Store apps do things their sandbox wouldn’t normally permit. Others give access to features that are controlled by privacy protection, so may be used by apps that aren’t sandboxed. A few enable apps specially approved by Apple to use features in macOS that aren’t generally available, such as working with APFS snaps…