Big Sur 11.6.6 permissions issues

Please file a bug report with Apple. Perhaps Feedback Assistant is the easiest way; only takes a minute or two. We can complain here all we want but Apple does not read/monitor these forums. Until they know how serious this is, it's just going to linger.

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Apple Support told me 11.6.6 is probably the last Big Sur Update. There could be another one a while later but not necessarily. Maybe they will be quicker if we can get enough bug reports submitted. Reporting here will not impact fixing the issue.

This currently DOES NOT solve the issue. It's just a workaround for not being able to open attachements (also always quitting Preview after each use/file-display would help).

But the problem has much more impact than that: you may also (like me and another customer of mine) not be able to PRINT documents, because the print spooler is creating temporary files under /private/var/spool/cups/tmp but then does not have the permissions to use them!!

That is exactly what I meant early on: many things that are working with temporary files are affected (not only printing, also zip-extraction does not work on my MBP) and granting Full Disk Access only solves the file-opening-issues (if at all).

Another Issue that I've got after update to 11.6.6 is that softwareupdate is not able to connect to the apple update server any more. Could you guys try and confirm if you have the same issue too? Just run on the console:

softwareupdate -l

I'm getting this on every file I try in Mail - .pdf, .jpg, .docx, etc. I even got this when airdropping a photo from my phone to my computer. Problems started with my upgrade to 11.6.6. The work around of saving a file to the hard drive works, but is a huge PITA!

FIX THIS!!!!!!

Happening to me too. Ran recent Big Sur updates and now I can't open a PDF from Mail. I have to save it to the Desktop first.

Not that opening attachment directly from an email program is a best practice by any measure.

Quitting Preview always makes it work—but it's not a fix or workaround, the bug just isn't triggered on launch.

Amen to filing a report, thanks for saying that part.

File a bug report, please!

Not sure I love this solutions as it seems contrary to better security BUT ... you can give permission to FULL DISK to Adobe and Excel (same issue) it clears up the issue.

Good solution ! Thank you . And as matter of fact it always works. But then this demonstrates that the issue is with the Preview app. C'on Apple has to solve this issue immediately with a 11.6.7 !!! Very very annoying

And Apple could also say "Update to Monterey and problem will go away..." But I cannot update to it since I have a still beatiful iMac 27 late 2014 that works just fine and don't want to spend more money... for a new iMac.... So Apple please fix this issue with urgency !!!

This question is not answered! It is a way to work around not use the OS. For me it is only an issue with Microsoft Office Files when I try to us the PDF Option in the Print dialog. It must be connected to permissions on the temporary folder where PDF is put until you save it somewhere. I don't know where that is but I'd guess that Mail uses the same behind the scenes code to open attachment thus resulting in the same problem. Can anyone tell us how to update the permissions so we can all get back to work again?

Thanks for you insight! I was trying to help my dad with this, as he was completely befuddled by this. Good to know that there is some closure. Not what I was hoping to find, though!

I myself don’t run Big Sur, anymore, which is why I hadn’t run into the problem myself. It’s always harder to help someone troubleshoot who has a different version of the OS.

Let’s hope that Apple will address this.

I just upgraded Big Sur to 11.6.6 and bingo... same problem. I have Mac Air mid 2103. Really making things difficult. It also means I can't open PDFs I send in other apps, not just Outlook and Mail.

I can't use the apple reporting app mentioned because it says I'm not allowed too. I guess I'm not singed up for something...

Let's get this fixed as soon as possible. I heard IOS 12 is coming in June... so!

I have the same problem.

My work around for email files is to open it on my phone where opening it works and airdrop it to my MacBook.

But it is only helpful for emailed files and the problem also happens with other files.

It even happens with files I created and nobody else saw or touched.

It is also random.