<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Pam,<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>To allow ChimeraX to access your desktop folder, open System Preferences and click on Security & Privacy. From the list on the left, choose File and Folders. Then ChimeraX should be listed among the applications on the right. Make sure that Desktop Folder under ChimeraX is checked. You may have to click the lock icon at the lower left of the panel to make changes.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">--Eric</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Eric Pettersen</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>UCSF Computer Graphics Lab</div></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 14, 2023, at 5:37 PM, Pam Cook via ChimeraX-users <<a href="mailto:chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu" class="">chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just installed ChimeraX on macOS Catalina 10.15.7.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">During installation, it asked me to allow access to desktop files and I said <font color="#0432ff" class="">NO</font>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But now, when I try to create a SpinMovie file, I get the message: <b style="color: rgb(220, 20, 60); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">Permission denied reading directory "/Users/pam/Desktop" while trying to determine next unused file name movie#.mp4.</b></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(220, 20, 60); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class="">I guess I should have said </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class=""><font color="#0432ff" class="">YES</font></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class=""> to the question above.</span></b></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(220, 20, 60); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(220, 20, 60); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class="">How can I fix this?</span></b></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(220, 20, 60); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(220, 20, 60); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class="">Thanks,</span></b></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(220, 20, 60); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;" class="">Pam</span></b></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">ChimeraX-users mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu" class="">ChimeraX-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a><br class="">Manage subscription:<br class="">https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimerax-users<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>