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BlockBlock provides continual protection by monitoring persistence locations.
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BlockBlock 2.1.4 says not active #42

Closed gru3zi closed 2 years ago

gru3zi commented 2 years ago

Everytime I boot up (Mac mini 2018, macOS Monterey version 12.3.1) I am being told BlockBlock is not active as it does not have full disk access despite seeing clearly in the settings it has full disk access for both BlockBlock and BlockBlockl helper. If i reinstall it, it has disk access and works fully until I reboot and its not working again.

What could be wrong?

luckman212 commented 2 years ago

Maybe your TCC.db is messed up. I think I've had this happen before. You might need to boot into recovery mode and nuke it.

see https://recoursive.com/2020/03/03/reset_macos_privacy_permissions/

gru3zi commented 2 years ago

I looked around online but could not find much about the tcc.db. Is it safe to delete it completely? Are there any great risks like me not being able to boot my mac? Appreciate your time.

luckman212 commented 2 years ago

It's safe to delete. The tcc.db is well known. The only "risk" is that you will need to re-add any custom permissions you have set in Privacy prefs.

gru3zi commented 2 years ago

Seems to have solved the issue. I appreciate your help!