I don’t usually open files from Documents folder in Emacs. But I was trying to open an Arduino files, which by default is created in Documents folder. And I found out I couldn’t dired the Documents dir (Not sure if I was able to open the file). The error was:
Listing directory failed but ‘access-file’ worked
Solution
It’s caused by Mac OS Privacy settings.
Settings->General Settings->Security & Privacy->Privacy->Full Disk Access- Check Emacs (Require restart)
- Click +, add
/usr/bin/ruby(I added this after restarting Emacs, did not require other restart. This was the one that let me do the dired)
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