[OS X TeX] MacOSX-TeX Digest, Vol 174, Issue 4

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Apr 10, 2022, at 2:06 PM, John Collins <jcc8 at psu.edu> wrote:
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> On 4/10/22 12:29 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>>> On Apr 10, 2022, at 11:08 AM, Catherine Asaro <asaro at pobox.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I hope someone can help me with a possible TeX disaster. I have several decades worth of tex documents I've been developing for my students over the years, hundreds of problems set and so on. I started a new do today, and when I tried to typeset it using the LaTex button, I received a message that said it was restricted. Retrying it did no good. I kept receiving the following message:
>>> 
>>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>>> restricted \write18 enabled.
>>> entering extended mode
>>> (./Problem Set for Kathryn -- Vietas and proof.tex/Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex: getcwd: Operation not permitted
>>> 
>> ...
>>> 
>>> 2. I tried to make a new file. When I hit the typeset button, I received the following message:
>>> 
>>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>>> restricted \write18 enabled.
>>> entering extended mode
>>> (./Test.tex/Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex: getcwd: Operation not permitted
>>> 
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> TeXShop Version 3.04 (3.04)
>>> ...
>> Where are the files stored? Are they on an external drive or the Cloud? It sounds like you don't have write permissions on that location.
> 
> Is this related to
> https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/511617/error-with-pdftex-after-updating-to-mac-os-catalina
> where the same kind of error message occurred?
> 
> I also notice the old version of TeXShop (3.04 against the current 4.70), which may be an issue.
> 
> John Collins

Howdy,

I think John has hit the nail on the head!

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com