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To handle sudo password prompts securely in macOS apps, display the exact command in a native dialog and copy it to the clipboard, allowing the user to execute it in Terminal instead of prompting for passwords directly.

macOS applications should avoid prompting for passwords for elevated privileges because delegating the password prompt to Terminal reduces security risks and improves user experience by keeping password handling native.

You show a sudo command for users to copy by displaying the command in a native dialog and providing a button to copy it to the clipboard for pasting into Terminal.

You can use AppleScript to display the sudo command for system file modification in a dialog and copy it, but you cannot run it directly without the user executing it in Terminal.

The best way to transfer file ownership using sudo in a macOS tool is to display the command, such as 'sudo chown', and let the user copy and execute it in Terminal.

The limitation of displaying sudo commands is that the app cannot execute the operation automatically; it requires manual user action to copy and run the command in Terminal.