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I have a bunch of files I copied from another computer and am unable to use them as I get various security and permission errors.
When I compile using Xamarin I get permission denied. When I try to open a file directly I get this error:
How can I remove the system attribute that causes this security dialog to appear?
(Yes, for some files I can use the following but this needs to apply to all files and folders)
When copying files from Mac to PC using Microsoft Remote Desktop I prefer to share a subfolder, not the entire drive.
Here's how:
In Remote Desktop on your Mac select your PC in the "My Desktops" section.
Click the "Edit" button (pencil icon).
In the popup click the "Redirection" button (folder icon; see image below).
Check the "Enable folder redirection" box.
Click the "+" button at the bottom of that window and browse to the Mac folder you want to share.
Connect to the remote PC.
Look for your shared Mac folder in your PC's "My Computer" directory (see image below).
Finally, as noted by @Bart and @robbpriestley in the comments below, if you are already connected to the remote computer you need to re-establish your connection in order to see the shared folder.
You may want to try Services Manager.app:
Download the application and put it into your /Applications folder (or any other convenient place). After you started it you can configure each service to appear in the Services menu (by enabling it in the Active column), in the Context Menu (by enabling it in the Context Menu) or in both.
Best Answer
You can get around this a few ways.
1. Easiest and Most Recommended: Select the file in Finder, right/control-click on the file and choose “Open”. You will be asked if you want to open the file, even if it is from an unknown developer.
2. Slightly More Complicated, but Sometimes Preferable: If you are not afraid of Terminal.app (found in the
/Applications/Utilitiesfolder of Finder), you can remove the “Quarantine” attribute using this command:xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/folderFor example, if all of the files are in ~/Downloads/ then you would use:
xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/or
xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine "$HOME/Downloads/"Type
man xattrinto Terminal.app for more information about thexattrcommand, but the short version is that-rmeans “recursive” and-dmeans “delete the following attribute”.