Focus Browser 1.0.1

Focus Browser now uses Apple's supported Focus Filters API instead of reading the private Focus database — so it no longer needs Full Disk Access.

Requirements

• macOS 26.6 or later. Focus Filters were broken on macOS 26.5 (the system never called into the app), and this release depends on the 26.6 fix.
• Install into /Applications. macOS only indexes App Intents for apps there — from ~/Applications the filter never appears in Focus settings and the app does nothing.

How setup works now

Each Focus picks its own browser in System Settings ▸ Focus ▸ (a Focus) ▸ Add Filter ▸ Focus Browser, rather than in the app's own menu.

Changes

• Focus detection via SetFocusFilterIntent; Full Disk Access no longer required
• Fewer confirmation dialogs: the browser is left alone when a Focus ends instead of being reverted, so you get one macOS prompt per Focus change instead of two
• Fixed the app being terminated mid-switch while the "change your default browser?" dialog was open, which could silently lose the change
• New app icon, now that the app shows up in System Settings
• Dropped the self-signed-certificate setup that only existed to preserve the Full Disk Access grant

macOS still presents its own confirmation dialog whenever the default browser actually changes; that prompt comes from the system and cannot be skipped.

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