[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 128526] Catalina: Can't open attachments in Mail due to Lock File issues

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128526

--- Comment #14 from janedickler.lebow at gmail.com ---
(In reply to Alex Thurgood from comment #3)
> (In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #2)
> > @Alex, do you reproduce this issue ?
> 
> I never use Mac Mail.app as IMHO it is a pile of security-hole ridden sh**
> 
> Unable to test, sorry.
> 
> The lock file message is probably Catalina's way of telling you that LO is
> trying to step outside of the allowed jail (secure container) in which apps
> are now supposed to run. LO creates a lock file (hidden file) of the file to
> be modified when you load it into memory for the purposes of file recovery
> in the event of a crash. I'm guessing that LO is attempting to create this
> lock file in a directory that is now forbidden by Catalina's security policy.

This happened to me also when I tried to open several files in Mojave, which I
installed only yesterday on my MacBook Pro. Is there some way to disable all
this without doing some fancy maneuvers? The files opened just fine before
yesterday, and though I know enough about my Mac to handle things, generally, I
don't understand other than straightforward instructions for technology, need
steps of actions and no scary stuff. (I know I sound like an idiot, but I want
to be plain about what kinds of instructions you can send me and expect me to
succeed in following them.)

I'm very dismayed. This never happened to me before; I am the only one using
the files (not attachments, nor Apple Mail messages but I must open those
also), so I shouldn't have to get permission to open them; I don't want to lock
anything; and I don't want read/write only nor to have to copy any file that no
longer works. Is there something I can do? I'm wishing now that I had never
gone to LibreOffice. I have so many .odt files now, so if they won't open, I'll
be stuck. I hope you can help me.

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