IDE hangs on startup: "mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied""

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I repeatedly have tried to download the Arduino IDE app many times on my MacBook and it still just has the Arduino logo loading sign whenever I open the app. Is this because I updated my computer, I have the Ventura 13.2.

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Hi @graces101. In order to gather more information that might help us to troubleshoot your problem, I'm going to ask you to run Arduino IDE from the command line, then share the output.

Please do this:

  1. Open your Applications folder in Finder.
  2. Open the Utilities folder.
  3. Double-click on "Terminal".
  4. Type the following command in the Terminal window:
    "/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/MacOS/Arduino IDE"
  5. Press Enter
  6. Wait until you are sure the IDE startup has gone into the hang state
    (as indicated by no additional output being printed to the Terminal window).
  7. Switch back to the Terminal window if the Arduino IDE window took the focus.
  8. Press ⌘+A.
    This will select all the text in the Terminal window.
  9. Press ⌘+C.
    This will copy the selected text to the clipboard.
  10. Open a forum reply here by clicking the Reply button.
  11. Click the </> icon on the post composer toolbar.
    This will add the forum's code block markup (```) to your reply to make sure the output is correctly formatted.
    Code block
  12. Press ⌘+V.
    This will paste the output into the code block.
  13. Move the cursor outside of the code block markup before you add any additional text to your reply.
  14. Click the Reply button to post the output.

Please let me know if you have any questions or problems while following those instructions.

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Hello, whenever I submit the code, it says "Error 502" and does not post.

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ry/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied
time="2023-02-15T22:19:04-05:00" level=error msg="Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied"
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/lib/node/arduino-daemon-impl.js:219:42)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:312:12)
    at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:287:9)
    at Socket.Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:226:10)
    at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23)
2023-02-16T03:19:04.828Z daemon INFO Starting daemon from /Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/build/arduino-cli...
2023-02-16T03:19:04.829Z daemon INFO Daemon exited with exit code: 7.
2023-02-16T03:19:04.849Z daemon INFO Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied
time="2023-02-15T22:19:04-05:00" level=error msg="Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied"

2023-02-16T03:19:04.849Z daemon ERROR Error: Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied
time="2023-02-15T22:19:04-05:00" level=error msg="Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied"
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/lib/node/arduino-daemon-impl.js:219:42)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:312:12)
    at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:287:9)
    at Socket.Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:226:10)
    at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23)
2023-02-16T03:19:04.849Z daemon INFO Starting daemon from /Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/build/arduino-cli...
2023-02-16T03:19:04.850Z daemon INFO Daemon exited with exit code: 7.
2023-02-16T03:19:04.869Z daemon INFO Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied
time="2023-02-15T22:19:04-05:00" level=error msg="Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied"

2023-02-16T03:19:04.869Z daemon ERROR Error: Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied
time="2023-02-15T22:19:04-05:00" level=error msg="Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied"
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/lib/node/arduino-daemon-impl.js:219:42)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:312:12)
    at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:287:9)
    at Socket.Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:226:10)
    at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23)
2023-02-16T03:19:04.869Z daemon INFO Starting daemon from /Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/build/arduino-cli...
2023-02-16T03:19:04.870Z daemon INFO Daemon exited with exit code: 7.
2023-02-16T03:19:04.893Z daemon INFO Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied
time="2023-02-15T22:19:04-05:00" level=error msg="Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied"

2023-02-16T03:19:04.894Z daemon ERROR Error: Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied
time="2023-02-15T22:19:04-05:00" level=error msg="Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied"
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/lib/node/arduino-daemon-impl.js:219:42)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:312:12)
    at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:287:9)
    at Socket.Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:226:10)
    at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23)
2023-02-16T03:19:04.894Z daemon INFO Starting daemon from /Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/build/arduino-cli...
2023-02-16T03:19:04.895Z daemon INFO Daemon exited with exit code: 7.
2023-02-16T03:19:04.911Z daemon INFO Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied
time="2023-02-15T22:19:04-05:00" level=error msg="Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15 error: mkdir /Users/gracesamuels/Library/Arduino15: permission denied"

2023-02-16T03:19:04.911Z daemon ERROR Error: Error: invalid path creating config dir: /Users/gracesamuels/Libra
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OK, now the problem is clear. Do you know why your system is not allowing Arduino IDE to create that folder?

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Well, I got another Mac and did "Migration Assistant," then, it started to not work so I thought it was because I turned "FireVault" on.

However, I noticed I have a file I can not delete or touch/open because it says it is missing it's original "Alias."

I also deleted the Arduino App many times after this incident.

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Hello,
is there anything I can do about this problem?

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It is definitely not a universal incompatibility with FileVault because I have it enabled on my Mac and the IDE works just fine for me.

What is the exact path of the file on your hard drive?

Please post the full and exact text of the error message.

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