




Issue with Opening Files: Due to tighter security in Catalina, all versions of SPSS will be blocked from accessing the following folders: Documents, Downloads, Desktop and connected external disks. Subject: SPSS 28 Unable to Open Syntax Files (on Mac OS Monterey)Overall, the SPSS for Mac and Catalina (macOS 10.15) are compatible however, there are a few issues to be aware of when upgrading to Catalina or installing SPSS Statistics on Catalina for the first time. Additionally, if I just go from Macintosh HD to Library directly I show 'system' as having Read & Write privileges it doesn't show my username, but I am the only user account on this computer, so that shouldn't be a problem (I wouldn't think).Īny insights on what I can do to alleviate this? It's particularly annoying given that I can't even get syntax to show up in the analysis output to double-check that the GUI is doing exactly what I want. If I go from Macintosh HD directly to Applications (without accessing my user profile first) I see the same thing. When I go to Macintosh HD then Users/katherinemartin/ I have a folder called 'Applications' (that shows as empty) but not 'Application Support'. I followed the thread and looked into library permissions BUT I don't see how to access the library being referenced in the thread. I've just upgraded to SPSS 28 (running version 28.0.1.1 on Mac OS Monterey 12.6) and am continuing to have the same problem described here:
