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osx - How to Restore File System Access in macOS Catalina

I updated to macOS Catalina which requires the user through pop-ups to allow any app trying to access the file system for the first time.

No such pop-up is appearing for Emacs. Running the script shared here, https://gist.github.com/dive/f64c645a9086afce8e5dd2590071dbf9
does not seem to change anything. That is, Emacs and any shell running in it cannot access any file on the file system.

How can I restore the access?

My Emacs version is *GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0, NS appkit-1348.17 Version 10.10.5 (Build 14F2511))

UPDATE
Granting the Emacs app Full Disk Access in "General Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy" does not solve the problem.

asked Oct 8, 2019 at 9:42

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Emacs.app actually launches using a ruby script. As a result, MacOS Catalina (or later, up to at least Ventura) uses the permissions set for ruby, not the permissions for Emacs.app. Open General Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy, select Full Disk Access in the left pane, then click + and add /usr/bin/ruby to resolve your issue.

/usr is hidden by default on MacOS but you can toggle visibility in Finder by using Shift+Command+Period

answered Oct 8, 2019 at 16:32

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@Chris's answer also resolves a different problem for me (which had the same root cause): I'm recording it here to make this answer more findable.

I was getting the error "Listing directory failed but 'access-file' worked" on ~/Downloads (and Documents, Desktop, and some others). I tried adding Emacs to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Full Disk Access, without success, as mentioned above. But adding /usr/bin/ruby solved it.

answered Nov 15, 2019 at 1:35

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