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karine80 Author

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user folder

Have just upgrade to Catalina on my iMac.

Now GIMP can't see any folders in the Finder other than the Favorites. - these are

AirDrop
Recents
Applications
Desktop
Downloads
Documents

I have reinstalled GIMP [and upgraded to the new stable version 2.10]

I need to reinstall my brushes etc BUT I can't find the Users Folder
I can't see anything other than the Applications>GIMP-2.10. ie I can see nothing inside the app

So my problem is:

no Users Folder.
Everything is invisible inside some of the folders
GIMP does not appear in the Libraries folder [when I can find it] So how do I make this appear?

Posted on Dec 4, 2019 6:51 PM

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leroydouglas

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Dec 4, 2019 7:40 PM in response to karine80

karine80 wrote:

opened Gimp 2.8 & 2.10 and they can see the document folder, but nothing inside.

DO you have an idea of what is going on with this???

Here I thought we had this solved.

Verify your preference settings—

>System Preferences>Security&Privacy>Privacy>Full Disk Access>GIMP

Other than that, I don't have any idea what Documents you expect to see.

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Dec 4, 2019 7:04 PM in response to karine80

https://www.gimp.org/news/2019/10/31/gimp-2-10-14-released/

Is this an issue with the separation of the system files and user files, did you have you files/brushes etc in your user Home folder?

About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210650

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Dec 4, 2019 7:52 PM in response to karine80

karine80 wrote:

It's never that simple :-)

I have GIMP 2.10app added.

I am thinking that I need to restart for changes to apply??? yes?

A restart new hurts.

Get to know the Finder on your Mac - Apple Support

See and organize your files in the Finder on Mac - Apple ...

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Answer 4

Dec 4, 2019 7:18 PM in response to karine80

I can't find the User Home folder either.... no folder called User. or Home[other than the icloud one]

Had enormous trouble getting the Library folder visible & it seems to have disappeared again

Finder >Preferences>Sidebar

If your user Library (~/Library) is not visible, hold the option key and click Finder> GO

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karine80 Author

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Dec 4, 2019 7:10 PM in response to leroydouglas

Hi LeroyD

I can use GIMP on my PC laptop - but hate using that thing.

I can't find the User Home folder either.... no folder called User. or Home[other than the icloud one]

Had enormous trouble getting the Library folder visible & it seems to have disappeared again

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karine80 Author

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Dec 4, 2019 7:29 PM in response to leroydouglas

OMG - that is not very intuitive....but it worked. I now have - [inserted an image but it's too big - but it shows user home [house img + admin] which has the Library in it. Found GIMP - both versions 2.8 & 2.10

& found the brushes folder in the GIMP 2.8 folder

You are a flipping STAR!!!

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karine80 Author

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Dec 4, 2019 7:58 PM in response to leroydouglas

The Finder issue is resolved.

I still get an error using GIMP .....

naturally I keep the files I am working on in my Documents Folder

When I start GIMP, and try to access any image files I get an error message:

Could not read the contents of Documents

Operation not permitted

OK button

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Answer 8

Dec 4, 2019 8:08 PM in response to karine80

karine80 wrote:

The Finder issue is resolved.

I still get an error using GIMP .....

naturally I keep the files I am working on in my Documents Folder

When I start GIMP, and try to access any image files I get an error message:

Could not read the contents of Documents

Operation not permitted

OK button

What about if you drag and drop one of your pics from the Folder to the GIMP icon on the Dock?

What about if you drag one of your pics you are working on to the Desktop first, then to GIMP?

I am out of ideas in an effort to help you with your third party app.

There are many other photos applications options beside GIMP if it is not working for you.

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karine80 Author

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Dec 4, 2019 8:12 PM in response to karine80

Thanks for helping me LeroyD

just to be clear: With GIMP - Can't see the sub-folders in Documents even though have selected All Files

Does the same error if I try to access pictures folder, Desktop folder

But can see the folders in Admin but once I opt to Documents folder in the chain...same error message.

Have actually been using macs for years - this is the first time I have encountered something like this

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karine80 Author

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Dec 4, 2019 8:21 PM in response to karine80

Thanks Leroy

I tried your suggestion but nothing happened.

I guess the issue for me is that it took me several years to get relatively proficient with GIMP, and I have a project I need to complete urgently.

I truly appreciate your assistance today - thank you

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karine80 Author

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Dec 4, 2019 7:06 PM in response to leroydouglas

Actually I have never had my brushes installed on the iMac. I didn't need the specialist brushes until now.

GIMP worked fine on previous version

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karine80 Author

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Dec 4, 2019 7:31 PM in response to karine80

opened Gimp 2.8 & 2.10 and they can see the document folder, but nothing inside.

DO you have an idea of what is going on with this???

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karine80 Author

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Dec 4, 2019 7:45 PM in response to leroydouglas

It's never that simple :-)

I have GIMP 2.10app added.

I am thinking that I need to restart for changes to apply??? yes?

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