>>> "DM" == Daniel Martín writes: > Uwe Brauer writes: >> Hi >> >> This is sort of absurd, using the compiled emacsformacox I cannot access >> the Mac specific folders such as Documents, Downloads, while I can >> access the files inside these folders. >> >> However this does not happen with the version I compiled from master. >> >> What is the reason for this behaviour and how can I solve it? >> > The reason is a security protection in recent versions of macOS where > you need to grant explicit permission to applications if you want them > to access your personal folders. Go to System Preferences, Security & > Privacy, Privacy, Full Disk Access. Note that the Emacs launcher on > macOS is actually a Ruby script, so you'd need to add /usr/bin/ruby > there. Thanks, but precisely to add /usr/bin/ruby seem almost impossible the interface does not allow you to add a simple string.