When you install Catalina there are options for Full Disk Access (which is essential for many (most?) utility apps) or selective File/Folder access which is essential for many sandboxed apps if they are going be able to do anything. In fact, virtually all third party apps will have to be granted some level of access even if it just to the Documents folder.


If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?

— Albert Einstein