App Identity
Surface apps from developers macOS cannot identify and apps with broken signatures. These are warning signs, not malware verdicts.
Access Journal
See which apps have identity warning signs and which hold powerful access to your Mac.
Read-only | No accounts | No network | macOS 13 or later
A clearer security review
Know what deserves a closer look
Access Journal brings app identity, powerful permissions, and recent changes into one private workspace.
Powerful Permissions
Review which apps can control the interface, record the screen, monitor input, or read protected files.
Changes
See permissions added, changed, or removed since your last review, then record what you expect.
Downloads
Choose the edition that is ready today
The Mac App Store edition is the current supported release. A broader direct-download edition will return only when it is ready for public use.
Mac App Store
App Identity, powerful system permissions, change tracking, private notes, and guided links to System Settings.
Direct download
A future edition with broader visibility beyond App Store sandbox limits. It will appear here after it is signed, notarized, and ready.
Private by design
Your Mac stays your business
Access Journal is a local, read-only review tool. Nothing it finds is sent anywhere.
- No accounts, analytics, advertising, or tracking.
- No network entitlement and no outbound connections.
- Notes and review history remain in local app storage.
- Permission changes happen in macOS System Settings, not inside Access Journal.