Issues on MAC regarding saving/reading files through rars

[andsanv]

Issues on MAC regarding saving/reading files through rars

[Kevin-Shiuan]

I have this problem too!

[jeannly]

Could you give more details regarding your system info? Unfortunately you haven't provided enough info to figure out how to recreate the bug, figure out the cause, and fix it. Particularly, your:

OS version
Architecture/chip (M1/M2 or x86?)
Java version

I'm on Monterey with M1, and I'm not seeing the same issue.

A screen/window recording of what happens would be great as well - from starting up RARS to attempting to open the file.

[andsanv]

sorry for the very late answer.
anyway:

• OS version: Monterey
• M1 chip
• java version: 1.8.0_341

i tried recording the screen but GitHub policies do not allow me to upload a video longer than 10 MB (which are around 6 seconds in screen recording time, impossible if i want to show useful informations).
anyway, rars executable on my 2020 macbook air is stored in a OneDrive folder (nothing changes if i put it outside), and looks like it doesn't have permits to access some folders such as desktop. looks like it cannot see ".asm" files (and all the other files that are not folders, sometimes even folders) even though they are there. it can save files tho, just it cannot reopen them after saving.

one more info that i think can be useful is that rars uses "hsperfdata_{my_user}" as default folder for the "open file" option. don't think it's supposed to.

hope this helps to fix the issue.

[Verblutet]

I think the rars doesn’t get permissions to open files by default. I fixed it by giving the „JavaLauncher.app“ Full Disk Access.

To give Full Disk Access to JAR files on macOS:

1. Go to System Preferences.
2. Click on Security and Privacy.
3. Search for 'Full Disk Access'.
4. Click on the lock at the bottom left to be able to make changes.
5. Click on the '+' icon at the bottom left of the FDA panel and a Finder prompt will appear.
6. Go to System/Library/CoreServices/JavaLauncher.app
7. Select the JavaLauncher.app and click 'Open'

Now you should be able to access files through your Java application.

[andsanv]

@Verblutet you are the man. of course i knew the nature of the problem was that rars did not have enough rights to do certain things, but i never dove deeper. thanks for the short guide on how to solve the problem (it did infact solve it). have a great day!