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Updated to Sonoma and unable to start Thunderbird using profile on external drive

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BrambleMachine
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Hi,

I've updated to Sonoma on Mac and unable to start Thunderbird 115.8.1 (64-bit) which uses an external drive for my mail accounts. I'm getting the following error in console:

System Policy: thunderbird(2230) deny(1) file-write-create /Volumes/ExternalDrive/Mail/Thunderbird/Profiles/abcdef123.default/.parentlock

There is no .parentlock file, and it looks like some problem with SIP permissions. I thought I could force it to re-request permissions with:

tccutil reset SystemPolicyRemovableVolumes org.mozilla.thunderbird

...but no luck.

Any idea how I can either a) force it to request the SystemPolicyRemovableVolumes permission, or otherwise fix the issue?

Thanks,

Bramble

Hi, I've updated to Sonoma on Mac and unable to start Thunderbird 115.8.1 (64-bit) which uses an external drive for my mail accounts. I'm getting the following error in console: '''System Policy: thunderbird(2230) deny(1) file-write-create /Volumes/ExternalDrive/Mail/Thunderbird/Profiles/abcdef123.default/.parentlock''' There is no .parentlock file, and it looks like some problem with SIP permissions. I thought I could force it to re-request permissions with: ''tccutil reset SystemPolicyRemovableVolumes org.mozilla.thunderbird'' ...but no luck. Any idea how I can either a) force it to request the SystemPolicyRemovableVolumes permission, or otherwise fix the issue? Thanks, Bramble

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