Unity Hub downloading 2019.4.40f1 and by the editor application it says 'install failed: permission denied, mkdir "/Applications/Unity"

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Hi,

I downloaded Unity-Hub and I was downloading 2019.4.40f1 and by the Editor application it says:

install failed: permission denied, mkdir “/Applications/Unity”.

What do I need to do?

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Open a terminal and do the following:

  1. cd /Applications
  2. sudo mkdir Unity
  3. sudo chmod 777 Unity
  4. Try to install again.
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Open Application folder Right click → Get info → and set privilege.

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@iffidevelopment it didn’t work for me. Any other methods?

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Hey,

The issue is that you are probably not an administrator on your laptop.
What operating software do you have? (windows or apple/mac?)

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hey, i have the same issue and it does not work… i am in mac any suggestions? not an administrator…should i try it in administrator account?

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Hi! So i had the same issue and i found a way to fix it so when you start up unity without the editor installed it will ask you if you would to download it and there will be a file icon you click that and it will ask you where you want it to download put a folder mabye in documents up to you and it should work:)
meoq

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I haven idea what’s happening! I’m on Mac btw

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For sure this was resolved time ago, but I’ll try to contribute something for the future …
It’s what [icebrkergamerkingbux] said previously, you have to change the FOLDER. In your case your MAC user has not got permissions to write on the Application folder so change it to your user folder directly:
/Users/your.user/Unity/Hub/

And everything should work properly.
Best :slight_smile: