Hardrive not found new Bridge nuisance.

[larry45]

Never see this in 20 years using Bridge.

The external HD was not move or renamed. Still added all fodlers again so back in Favorites.

Then few days later same thing all folders get this.

 

Yet again nothing moved or renamed.

[gary_sc · Accepted solution]

Hi, @larry45. Do you have an auto-update set for your system? Did you update things?

Please check for this:

This sounds like you've not given Bridge permission for Apple's protection. Simply, this is an Apple protection issue, not Adobe's issue. 

Go into the System Preferences and select the Privacy & Security tab on the left. Note that there are two options on the right you'll need to deal with both: "Files and Folders," and "Full Disk Access."

First, going into Files and Folders, note that in various years of different releases of Adobe Bridge, different needs are needed. I do not know why this is, but it's always better to check and make sure that just because you did it for one release, you may or may not need it for a subsequent release.

Lastly, go into the Full Disk Access option. If you do not see your application in the list, click on the "+" symbol at the very bottom of the window. This will bring up a standard Finder window. Navigate to your Applications Folder, find Adobe Bridge, and add it to the list (You will need to add your Administrator's password to do this.). Then you can "switch" it to the "ON" position. 

This should solve your problem.

Please let us know if that works or not.

[larry45]

Great job Gary!  Files ok, but full disc not. So let you know if persist, my guess done.   ANd 6-7 important apps there that needed full disc, so set an alert in calendar every 6 months to look at all that!

BTW, as anti clutter person, if you have any clue what these are in there, I have no idea :  

 Smbd, sshd-keygen-wrapper, XProtect, BackService, sh,