Full Disk Access Items

I've been having an issue with the entries in the list for Full Disk Access disappearing... I cannot click the + to try and add entries, and that won't work. I eventually had to do a reinstall of Ventura in order to get the list back. Then the next time I turned on the computer, the list was gone.

Is there a terminal command that I can use to recover the Full Disk Access? I was having an issue with my Dock not being functional and I was able to reinitialize the Dock with a terminal command.

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jun 17, 2023 7:50 AM

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Luis Sequeira1

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Posted on Jun 17, 2023 9:26 AM

Reinstalling the OS will usually not help with this, because the OS itself is in a read-only sealed partition, and cannot be modified.

The problem is most likely in third party system modifications or perhaps some bad cache.

Try restarting in Safe Mode. That clears system caches and loads only essential software.

See if you can add stuff to Full Disk Access then.

Restart normally.

Maybe the problem got fixed.

If not, Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the "additional text" button and paste the report into the text box.

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Luis Sequeira1

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Jun 17, 2023 9:26 AM in response to Tom Ostertag

Reinstalling the OS will usually not help with this, because the OS itself is in a read-only sealed partition, and cannot be modified.

The problem is most likely in third party system modifications or perhaps some bad cache.

Try restarting in Safe Mode. That clears system caches and loads only essential software.

See if you can add stuff to Full Disk Access then.

Restart normally.

Maybe the problem got fixed.

If not, Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the "additional text" button and paste the report into the text box.

Owl-53

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Jun 17, 2023 9:04 AM in response to Tom Ostertag

As a follow on

Below are a few of the Third Party Application and some Apple Processes listed with Full Disk Access

The Carbon Copy Cloner and Etrecheck application did request Full Disk Access during the Installation and First Launch

Perhaps of you mention when ones are problematic in your setup - some of us maybe able to provide some insights

Owl-53

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Jun 17, 2023 8:25 AM in response to Tom Ostertag

I maybe wrong there ( it does happen ) but application require Asking the User, via Pop Up during installation, to be Granted Full Disk Access

This will using require the User to Allow or Deny Access

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