How do I find and open the TCC databases?

The TCC databases are located at these paths:

• ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db
• /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db

System Integrity Protection Enabled 

If System Integrity Protection is enabled on your Mac then you must first copy these files to another location before you can open them. The easiest way to do this is by using Terminal to issue the following commands:

~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db

cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db ~/Desktop/UserTCC.db

/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db

cp /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db ~/Desktop/SystemTCC.db

System Integrity Protection Disabled

If you have System Integrity Protection disabled on your Mac then you should be able to open these files directly. TCCExplorer will automatically keep track of changes every time you open each of these databases.

If you are unable to access either of these files directly, then you must copy the files to another location with the commands listed above.