Choose file default location in macOS 10.15 Catalina

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#1

Hi,
I’ve encountered a strange thing in macOS 10.15 Catalina:

choose file default location (path to pictures folder)

This works perfectly in macOS 10.14 but in 10.15 it gives an error:

error “Can’t make alias … into type alias.” number -1700 from alias … to alias.

Either I’m missing something or I have found a bug. Thoughts?

#2

My guess would be a new permission requirement.

#3

No, I think it’s an issue with paths more generally in 10.15.

This:

POSIX path of path to desktop

returns:

"/Users/shane/Desktop:/"

That extra colon is likely to wreak havoc.

#4

Yes, the extra colon has to be removed in your script. I hope Apple fixes it.