Bridge not letting me view files

[LEesley]

I use both Raw and Jpg files and Bridge will not recognize them on external dirves.  It displays the files on my main computer hard drive, but does not communicate with external drives.  Any suggestions?

[Note: I moved you to a new, separate thread as this is a different issue]

[gary_sc]

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: "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.

[StephanieM1982]

Gary,

I had been having this same issue since the last two updates to Bridge.  I thought I was going to lose my mind.  Your suggestions were the fix to my problem - I had to give my Mac permission to read removable drives.  I keep all of my photos on a removable drive.

Thank you!

Stephanie

[gary_sc]

Glad to be of service!

[LEesley]

Perfect, that did the trick for your Bridge beta version.  Now I can get back to developing our 2025 Calendar

Lyle Eesley