Give MiniSpace Full Disk Access

macOS protects the Trash and some app folders. MiniSpace can read them only if you allow it.

Last updated: 10 November 2026. Applies to MiniSpace 0.2.1.

What it unlocks

• The size of your Trash.
• Empty Trash.
• Undo and Put back.
• Some app folders in Free up space.

Turn it on

1. In MiniSpace, click the button on the Full Disk Access card. It opens System Settings > Privacy & Security.
2. Open Full Disk Access. If MiniSpace is not listed, add it with the + button.
3. Turn it on.
4. Quit MiniSpace and open it again.

After an update

After you install an updated MiniSpace, turn the permission off and on again once. That makes macOS apply it to the new copy.

Without it

Everything else still works. The groups that need it show as unreadable or smaller than they are. Empty Trash and Put back explain that they need the permission.

You decide

MiniSpace never changes this setting itself. It asks nothing for itself.

Turn it off again

Open System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access and switch MiniSpace off. You can remove it from the list with the - button.