I have a Mac Mini running the latest Monterey (it's too old for Ventura
apparently). I use it almost
exclusively via ssh, more as a server than a workstation I guess.
At some point in the last few weeks, my ~/Downloads folder became unreadable
even by root:
Mini 1# ls Downloads
ls: Downloads: Operation not permitted
Mini 1# ls -ld@ Downloads
drwx------@ 559 dlee staff 17888 May 22 14:47 Downloads
com.apple.macl -1
I think it's that last line that's the problem, though I have no idea what
prompted the OS to set that
extended attribute on that folder.
xattr, even as root, is not able to remove the attribute. Most advice I see
from Googling involves either
recovery mode or booting from a different volume, neither of which particularly
appeal to me.
Does anyone know what would have caused this to happen, and if there is a more
accessible way to fix it?
Thanks much.
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