Indesign can't access mac photos album structure in "placing" dialogue

[Angelic_self1109]

Hi All,

Not sure if the problem is with osx or indesign. Placing dialog used to work; not anymore after updating osx

when placing images into indesign (commmand d) then selecting images in the finder like window (technically speaking this might be the ilifemdiabrowser plugin from apple) , i cannot access the photos library album strucutre anymore (it used to be a seperate menue on top in the dialog box. When going to movies (filme) i do get the menu where i can choose the subfolders, with images (bilder) it does not work. 

Further, when trying to choose media (top menu on placing window) it cant access it. I suppose it is some kind of issue with adobe not getting access to the os photos system. I tried solving it in the mac settings, but it is not possible to grant indesign access to the photos library. When installing indesign i got a message asking if indesign could access downloads and desktop, but it didnt ask for other folders or places.

Same issue with photoshop. Other software on the mac (pages, word) are able to access it correctly, therefore showing the album structure from photos.

This used to work on Mac osx 12.6 and Indesign 2023

Just updated to OSX 15.4.1 and the problem occured (tried both indesign 2023 and indesign 2025)

Any ideas are much appreciated.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Angelic_self1109,

Could you try adding access to Photos for Illustrator by following the steps shared in this help article (https://adobe.ly/3EHVuUt) and let us know if it helps?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

[Frans v.d. Geest · Accepted solution]

You have to set InDesign to allow full disk acces in the System settings of Mac OS.

Open your Mac's System Preferences and click Security & Privacy. Under the Privacy tab, choose Full Disk Access from the sidebar. Click the lock icon in the bottom left of the window and enter your macOS password. Ensure that your desired app appears in the list.