Questions tagged [permission]
Allowing and restricting which users can perform what operations of particular files
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How to give access to SMB (or whatever) mounts to all users?
If a user mounts a SMB share (wether in the Finder or by command line), they are the only one that can access it, regardless the permissions on the server side. A bit restrictive, but why not...
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Keepass Database on multiple users in MacOS
MacOS 26.3.
KeepassXC 2.7.11.
On my Mac I have set up different users for different usecases. I have one keepass password database that I have stored in the Shared folder, but I want to use and edit ...
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Apple Remote Desktop - file copy issues to remote external drives
I've recently set up a new file/movie server on my TV with a new M4 Mini running Sequioa 15.7.3 & Thunderbay RAID array.
This replaces an earlier Mac Pro running Mojave - which had no issues.
The ...
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Cannot access backup of an external drive in Time Machine
I am currently using two external drives with my MacBook Pro with macOS 26.2. One for storage mounted at /Volumes/Storage, and the other for Time Machine backup. So I would like to have the backup ...
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Permission denied when accessing external disk
MacOS 12.7.3:
By mistake I disconnected an external disk (having ExFat32 file system), and it is now of course marked as corrupted. Disk Utilities / First Aid can't repair it. Hence I tried it from ...
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Disable local network access filter [duplicate]
Unfortunately Apple decided to make all of our lifes more complicated by incorporating new so called "security" features that block software from accessing the local network.
I know that ...
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How to jailbreak a macOS application from its container?
I have an application that generates a significant amount of non-persistent data during runtime, only for my use case, but not other users.
The software itself lacks a built-in mechanism to ...
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Backup Permissions: Full Disk Access to backup script ran by LaunchAgent (com.user.backup.plist)?
The Problem
cp -R {target} {dest} gives 'Operation not permitted' error during background backup script execution
See the code from com.user.backup.plist and backup-script.sh below.
What I've Tried
I ...
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How to allow an independent watchOS app to share that you have notifications silenced, after initially denying? [duplicate]
For an independent watchOS app (has no companion iOS app), when it requests permission to determine whether notifications are silenced, if I tap "Don't Allow" and then change my mind, how ...
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How to allow an independent watchOS app to send notifications after initially denying?
For an independent watchOS app (has no companion iOS app), when it requests permission to send you notifications, if I tap "Don't Allow" and then change my mind, how can I allow it to send ...
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Local network access blocked for allowed application
On MacOS 15.6.1 (issue happened with older versions too)
Unreal Engine 5 uses UDP to communicate with other applications on the local network. For UE 5.4, adding the applications to the allowed list ...
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New permission prompt: Allow "AppName" to find devices on local networks?
Recently (since a few days), a colleague and I noticed many macOS and iOS apps show a new permission prompt at startup:
Allow "AppName" to find devices on local networks?
This will allow ...
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Thumb drive permission issues prevent me from saving files on it
I have a USB thumb drive that is formatted in FAT32 just in case I need to use it with non-Macs. I don't know if the drive format is part of the issue here. Anyway, I usually just move files with that ...
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Can't erase file, even though I am the owner
This is on MacOS Sequoia.
Several years ago, I created in the course of a backup process run by rsync, a file on an external hard disk:
ls -l /Volumes/V200GB_A/imac_save/Library/Containers/com....
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I don't understand Photos Library.photoslibrary
I'm still trying to learn to use a Mac and it's driving me crazy.
It seems every time I try to use a photo in an application other than Photos on my MacBook, I see a grayed out "Photos Library....
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