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permissions problem

i have recently started getting an error message every time I try to open a download in Safari telling me I don't have permission to open the file. But if I go out to the Finder and double click the file in the Downloads folder, it opens right away, no problem. Or if I just switch over to Preview or Numbers or any other app, I can open it through there. Not a debilitating problem, but rather annoying. Any help would be very much appreciated.


I'm on a 2017 iMac running Big Sur 11.6.6, Safari version 15.5

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jun 15, 2022 3:34 PM

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Posted on Jun 16, 2022 2:29 AM

sighing over tech support wrote:

i have recently started getting an error message every time I try to open a download in Safari telling me I don't have permission to open the file. But if I go out to the Finder and double click the file in the Downloads folder, it opens right away, no problem. Or if I just switch over to Preview or Numbers or any other app, I can open it through there. Not a debilitating problem, but rather annoying. Any help would be very much appreciated.

I'm on a 2017 iMac running Big Sur 11.6.6, Safari version 15.5

Q - " I'm on a 2017 iMac running Big Sur 11.6.6, Safari version 15.5 "


A - There was a recent update to Big Sur, think it was last week. The current version is now 11.6.7 and may be related to this permission issue

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Jun 16, 2022 2:29 AM in response to sighing over tech support

sighing over tech support wrote:

i have recently started getting an error message every time I try to open a download in Safari telling me I don't have permission to open the file. But if I go out to the Finder and double click the file in the Downloads folder, it opens right away, no problem. Or if I just switch over to Preview or Numbers or any other app, I can open it through there. Not a debilitating problem, but rather annoying. Any help would be very much appreciated.

I'm on a 2017 iMac running Big Sur 11.6.6, Safari version 15.5

Q - " I'm on a 2017 iMac running Big Sur 11.6.6, Safari version 15.5 "


A - There was a recent update to Big Sur, think it was last week. The current version is now 11.6.7 and may be related to this permission issue

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