title: File permissions issue with python/Spyder/Anaconda after upgrading mac to Catalina
body: <p>After upgrading macOS to Catalina, my Anaconda installation was helpfully reconfigured by Apple.  Advice from the Anaconda website suggested a fresh install was the best way to go.  Did that and all seemed good.  I use spyder from the Anaconda navigator.  But trying a previously running python code failed due to apparent file permission problems. For example,</p>
  
  <p>file='/Users/stingay/Documents/Coaching/WAIS/2019:20/041019/Race Walk Test-2019-10-04T16.29.13.774-C5612E80FB1D-Accelerometer.csv'</p>
  
  <p>with open(file,'rt') as f:</p>
  
  <pre><code>data = csv.reader(f)
  next(data)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>results in:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/Users/stingay/Documents/Coaching/WAIS/2019:20/041019/Race Walk Test-2019-10-04T16.29.13.774-C5612E80FB1D-Accelerometer.csv'</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I can't see an issue with the permissions on the file or the directory structure in which the file sits.  If I move the file to<code>~/.spyder-py3</code> (the working directory), it works.</p>
  
  <p>Looks like there is some extra python/spyder/anaconda permissions issue with the file/directory I can't spot.  Any ideas?</p>