Van-D wrote:
When I restart my MacBookPro Retina15 or my desktop 27" Mac it boots to System Preferences/Security & Privacy. I can't seem to get an explanation as to why. I found someone thought it was in Login Items. It is not. I do know that Catalina tightened security so that some apps had to be specifically given Full Disk Access or Accessibility or Files and Folders. Is this action related to that change?
If you have a specific app at launch that is asking for change—then it is possible granting that access will satisfy the issue: Change Security & Privacy General preferences on Mac ...
Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc. Login and test. Reboot and test
if no success—
Boot into Recovery (Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities> Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD (and the "Macintosh HD-Data" volume as well if Catalina) If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.
Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
If still no success—Try resetting the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
If still no resolve— reinstall the combo update on top of your existing macOS
Combo update macOS 10.15.3 https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2030
or reinstall the entire macOS on top of your existing macOS— a larger download and longer process—
How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
If in the end you are still baffled by this issue—
To get a good look at your System config. for conflicts or issues, you can run this trusted utility http://etrecheck.com
If you need help interpreting the report you can post it here in its entirety in the "Additional Text" box in the editing toolbar below, in your reply.
You can set its preference to "Allow full Disk Access", with this you get a digest of issues from the last 7 days that are saved in your system.
