catalinamacospermissionprivacy
In MacOS Catalina apps need to ask for explicit permission to access certain user folders (such as ~/Documents and ~/Downloads).
Is it possible to extend this protection to other folders (e.g. a custom user-created folder ~/foo) without moving it inside the Documents folder?
A possible reason for this behaviour can be that the Home folder isn't set correctly for the user.
Launch System Preferences app and open Users & Groups pane. Click on the lock icon towards the bottom and enter admin password. Now right click on your user and select Advanced Options... from the context menu. In the pane presented verify if the Home directory is set correctly. You can click on the Choose... button to easily browse to and select the Home directory.
It is recommended to restart the system after making the changes to restore the sanity.
I have the same issues. Updated MAMP to the latest build (5.5). Also switched the ports back to MAMP default ports (8888). That worked for me. Also checked if some diffrent server was running on port 80 lsof -nP -i4TCP:80 | grep LISTEN but nothing seem to be using port 80. Could it be Catalina has a new security setting for this?
Best Answer
No.
The restricted file locations are detailed here PrivacyPreferencesPolicyControl.Services and you can't change them.
You would have to move
~/footo Documents, Downloads, an external drive, or another restricted location.