By the way, your answers to the privilege questions are certainly not stored in a dot-file anywhere and probably not in a file that you can access either. Apple has many system databases that store information like that. There are commands to access those databases but it is not a matter of editing a file.
- Marc On Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 1:58:27 PM UTC-6 Marc Culler wrote: > Try going to: System Settings > Privacy & Security -> Files & Folders (or > search for Folders) > > That setting controls app access to special Folders, such as Desktop or > Documents. > > The SageMath app does not request or need Full Disk Access. As far as I > know it does not need access to any special folders either. But if you > choose to access a special folder, e.g. If you select ~/Documents as the > location for notebook files, that might cause the SageMath app to request > permission to read Documents. > > The SageMath app does request access to control Finder and System Events. > It needs that because it uses some AppleScript to create a Terminal window > with Sage running inside. > > Anyway, that Settings dialog should show you which apps have been granted > access to which folders. Since I have not denied access to any folders for > any apps, I am not sure whether it also shows which apps have need denied > access, but I think it does. I am also not sure whether that is the place > where you can restore the ability to control Finder and System Events. So > if those were the privileges that you denied, then more research may be > needed. > > It would be helpful to know which privileges you denied, if you can > remember. > > - Marc > > On Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 12:50:46 PM UTC-6 dim...@gmail.com wrote: > >> The macOS app is mainly dealt with by Marc Culler - not sure whether >> he reads this group, so I put him in CC. >> He knows more about these annoying macOS details than other Sage devs, >> for sure. >> >> HTH >> Dima >> >> On Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM James Propp <james...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Thanks, John. I tried your idea, but SageMath isn't listed as one of >> the programs on the list of programs eligible to get full disk access. >> > >> > On Friday, January 24, 2025 at 6:42:25 PM UTC-5 John H Palmieri wrote: >> >> >> >> Maybe approach this from the Mac side? Something to try: install >> SageMath, then go to System Settings -> Privacy & Security. From there, >> click Full Disk Access, click the + sign at the bottom, and select SageMath >> to give it access. (I'm not 100% sure that "full disk access" is what is >> needed, but I think it is.) >> >> >> >> On Friday, January 24, 2025 at 3:04:55 PM UTC-8 james...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I went to https://github.com/3-manifolds/Sage_macOS/releases , >> downloaded SageMath-10.5_x86_64.dmg , and double-clicked on it to start the >> installation. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Friday, January 24, 2025 at 4:50:16 PM UTC-5 dim...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> Please provide more details on how exactly you installed SageMath, >> which installer is this? >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> On 24 January 2025 15:06:33 GMT-06:00, James Propp < >> james...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> How do I do a *complete* uninstall that (among other things) will >> “un-answer” the installation software’s questions about giving various >> system-privileges to SageMath? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I installed SageMath-10-5 on my MacBook Pro (with a 1.4 GHz >> Quad-Core Intel Core i5 processor running Sonoma 14.7) and declined to give >> SageMath any system privileges. I later learned this was a mistake so I >> want to go back to square one and get a fresh start. Unfortunately even >> when I put the software in the trash, delete .sage, and start the process >> over, the installer doesn’t give me a chance to change my earlier answers. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I tried installing SageMath-10-4 to see if that could "dislodge" my >> earlier answers (presumably stored in some dot-file somewhere) but that >> didn't help. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Sorry to be asking such a newbie question; I checked the FAQ etc. >> but can’t find the help I need. (Feel free to suggest other solutions to my >> problem that don't involve doing an uninstall/re-install.) Thanks! >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "sage-support" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to sage-support...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/7cb7e0ac-0ba3-429f-959a-5602f631793en%40googlegroups.com. >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/541d9c40-e31a-4b1f-89a1-1db96c1a2c0cn%40googlegroups.com.
