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By Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2025-06-11 09:46:38.326Z

Hi @Sam_Hogg,

Thanks for sending over your log files.

I noticed the issue is that your macOS user directory has incorrect permissions set up somehow.

Please run this in Terminal to rectify the issue:

# 1. Ensure the directory exists
mkdir -p ~/.soundflow

# 2. Set ownership to the currently logged-in user
sudo chown -R "$USER" ~/.soundflow

# 3. Set directory permissions (read, write, execute for the user only)
chmod -R 700 ~/.soundflow
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    Sam Hogg @Sam_Hogg
      2025-06-11 13:57:58.916Z

      Hi christian!

      This is the terminal readout when I ran that fix

      samhogg@Sams-M2-Max-MacBook-Pro ~ % # 1. Ensure the directory exists
      mkdir -p ~/.soundflow

      2. Set ownership to the currently logged-in user

      sudo chown -R "$USER" ~/.soundflow

      3. Set directory permissions (read, write, execute for the user only)

      chmod -R 700 ~/.soundflow
      zsh: command not found: #
      mkdir: /Users/samhogg/.soundflow: Permission denied
      zsh: command not found: #
      chown: /Users/samhogg/.soundflow: No such file or directory
      zsh: missing end of string
      chmod: /Users/samhogg/.soundflow: No such file or directory
      samhogg@Sams-M2-Max-MacBook-Pro ~ %

      Any further suggestions,

      Sam

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      1. Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2025-06-11 17:18:52.089Z

        Hi Sam,

        Thanks! Let me make it a bit more specific and be sure to add sudo on the first line. Please copy/paste each of these lines one by one, and enter your password when asked.

        sudo mkdir -p ~/.soundflow

sudo chown -R "$USER" ~/.soundflow

chmod -R 700 ~/.soundflow
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        In reply tochrscheuer⬆:
        Sam Hogg @Sam_Hogg
          2025-06-11 18:46:49.604Z

          Incredible!!! That worked a treat! Is this something I have to do each time or is this a one time and its fixed sort of scenario?

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          1. Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2025-06-12 07:58:49.886Z

            Hi Sam,

            This should be fixed now for good :) (Assuming the reason the directory had incorrect permissions was some other installer in the past that changed it incorrectly).

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            In reply tochrscheuer⬆:
            SoundFlow Bot @soundflowbot
              2025-07-17 09:54:17.456Z

              This report was now added to the internal issue tracked by SoundFlow as SF-2163

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                In reply tochrscheuer⬆:
                SoundFlow Bot @soundflowbot
                  2025-08-19 14:07:43.868Z

                  The linked internal issue SF-2163 has been marked as Done

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                    In reply tochrscheuer⬆:
                    SoundFlow Bot @soundflowbot
                      2025-09-29 21:50:36.281Z

                      The linked internal issue SF-2163 has been marked as Done

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