How to Give System Permissions for Apps on MacOS Catalina
Method 1 of 3:
Granting full disk permission
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Go to System Preferences. Click on the Apple icon at the top-left corner of your desktop, then click System Preferences -
Open Security & Privacy section. - Switch to the Privacy tab. It's the last of four tabs in the row.
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Select 'Full Disk Access' from the list. -
Click on the 'Lock' icon to unlock changes. You'll need to enter your admin password at this point. -
Click on the checkbox next to the app to give it full disk access. If the app in question is not on the list, you can add it with the + button under the app list, or just drag & drop it from the Applications folder. - Click on the Lock icon in order to save changes.
Method 2 of 3:
Granting selected permissions
- Choose, what permissions are required by the app. You can selectively grant access to the following data:
- Apple Mail
- Photos
- Calendar
- Contacts
- Messages
- Safari bookmarks
- Documents folder
- Screen recording
- Desktop folder
- iCloud Drive
- Downloads folder
- External hard drives
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Go to System Preferences. Click on the Apple icon at the top-left corner of your desktop, then click System Preferences. -
Open Security & Privacy section. - Switch to Privacy tab. It's the last of four tabs in the row.
- Click on the section you want to grant permission for.
- Click on the 'Lock' icon to unlock changes. You'll need to enter your admin password at this point.
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Click on the checkbox next to the app to give it selected permissions. If the app in question is not on the list, you can add it with + button under the app list, or just drag & drop it from the Applications folder. - Click on the Lock icon to save changes.
Method 3 of 3:
Grant access to files in specific locations
- Choose, which file locations you need to share. You can selectively grant access to folders in the following locations (apps may not ask for permissions in all locations):
- Removable volumes;
- Network volumes;
- Downloads folder;
- Documents folder;
- Desktop folder.
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Go to System Preferences. Click on the Apple icon at the top-left corner of your desktop, then click System Preferences. -
Open Security & Privacy section. - Switch to the Privacy tab. It's the last of four tabs in the row.
- Click on Files and Folders in the list.
- Click on the 'Lock' icon to unlock changes (you'll need to enter your admin password at this point).
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Click on the checkbox next to the file location to grant permission. If the app in question is not on the list, you can add it with the + button under the app list, or just drag & drop it from the Applications folder. - Click on the Lock icon to save changes.
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