open file attachments in mail

I am no longer able to open file attachements in mail by double-clicking on the attachment. Instead I have to grant permission to the app to access the file in a cryptic mail directory. Why is this happening out of the blue? Never happened before, currently OS11.6.6 BigSur. What is the solution?

Posted on Jun 6, 2022 2:53 PM

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Posted on Jun 6, 2022 2:59 PM

The file was an adobe acrobat file. Acrobat was already open on my desktop when I tried to open the attachement. Quitting acrobat enabled the file attachment in mail to be opened by double-clicking the file attachment. Looks like a bug in 11.6.6 as this is happening in outlook also! Fix it SJ.

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