[GNC] MacOS - Unable to access files after upgrade to MacOS 12.0.1 Monterey

[David H]

Hi Warren,

I have Privacy >> Files and Folders >> gnucash.app set to allow access to
Network Volumes, Documents Folder and Desktop Folder.  I can't for the life
of me remember how I did it though, I just have a vague recollection it
took a bit of dicking around to get it sorted.  I may have ended up
uninstalling and re-installing Gnucash or upgrading Gnucash to trigger the
prompt where it asks you to give it access to my documents folder which may
have added it the  list of apps under Files and Folders and then I was able
to add the other 2 locations I mentioned. Howsomever that's only a guess.

Cheers David H.


On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 at 10:17, Warren Madden via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> I just upgraded my Mac Mini to MacOS 12.0.1 Monterey, and now I cannot
> open my GnuCash file. It appears to be a permissions issue. Upon starting
> GnuCash 4.8-2, I get an error dialog saying it can't parse the URL followed
> by the path to my .gnucash file. When I acknowledge this dialog, the open
> file dialog comes up, immediately followed by another error dialog on top
> titled "Could not read the contents of GnuCash" with text below saying that
> there was an error opening my GnuCash directory in Documents, followed by
> "Operation not permitted".
> If I clear this error dialog and try to navigate to any other location, I
> get the same "Operation not permitted" result.
> So it appears that Monterey doesn't think GnuCash has any access rights.
>
> I then checked the System Preferences>Security & Privacy>Privacy>Files and
> Folders settings page. GnuCash is not on the list of applications, and the
> + button is grayed out (even after I unlock the lock).
> I _can_ add GnuCash to the Full Disk Access list, but I really try to
> limit the applications I do that for.
> Before I go that route, is there something obvious I'm missing? Is there
> some way I can get MacOS to prompt me if I want to grant access to my
> Documents/GnuCash directory short of giving it access to my entire disk?
> Thanks in advance!
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