<p>I wonder if you need to follow these steps. If Cabal isn't listed as an app, try terminal. <a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/control-access-to-files-and-folders-on-mac-mchld5a35146/mac" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/control-access-to-files-and-folders-on-mac-mchld5a35146/mac</a></p>

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2023-03-25T14:06:58.000Z
2023-03-25T14:06:58.000Z
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<p>Accidentally denied Cabal Access to pictures through a prompt given.  Now, when I try to cabal Init I get this message &quot;User/******/Library/Application Support/MobileSync: getDirectoryContents:openDirStream: permission denied (Operation not permitted)&quot;</p>
<p>Ive tried change permissions in the file with CHMOD and reinstalling Cabal without success. Can anyone help me solve this permissions issue?  Im using a MAC.</p>

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Denied Cabal Access to pictures. Now Getting error
# Denied Cabal Access to pictures. Now Getting error

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-03-23)

Accidentally denied Cabal Access to pictures through a prompt given. Now, when I try to cabal Init I get this message "User/\*\*\*\*\*\*/Library/Application Support/MobileSync: getDirectoryContents:openDirStream: permission denied (Operation not permitted)"

Ive tried change permissions in the file with CHMOD and reinstalling Cabal without success. Can anyone help me solve this permissions issue? Im using a MAC.

**Tags:** haskell, cabal, macos

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-03-25. Score: 0

I wonder if you need to follow these steps. If Cabal isn't listed as an app, try terminal. <https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/control-access-to-files-and-folders-on-mac-mchld5a35146/mac>


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