Won't open on Mac Sonoma

MusicBrainz Picard
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I’m downloading the mac file
2.12 macOS 10.14+ (x86_64)

When i copy the application to the applications folder, and I try opening it, it quits unexpectedly before even opening.

When I manually run the picard-run file (to try and debug), I get the following:

/Applications/MusicBrainz\ Picard.app/Contents/MacOS/picard-run ; exit;         
patrick@192 ~ % /Applications/MusicBrainz\ Picard.app/Contents/MacOS/picard-run ; exit;
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tagger.py", line 17, in <module>
  File "tagger.py", line 1570, in main
  File "tagger.py", line 245, in __init__
  File "config.py", line 487, in setup_config
  File "config.py", line 299, in from_app
  File "config.py", line 270, in sync
  File "fasteners/process_lock.py", line 166, in __enter__
  File "fasteners/process_lock.py", line 144, in acquire
  File "fasteners/process_lock.py", line 106, in _do_open
  File "fasteners/process_lock.py", line 43, in _ensure_tree
  File "os.py", line 225, in makedirs
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: b'/Users/patrick/.config/MusicBrainz'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "config.py", line 262, in event
  File "config.py", line 270, in sync
  File "fasteners/process_lock.py", line 166, in __enter__
  File "fasteners/process_lock.py", line 144, in acquire
  File "fasteners/process_lock.py", line 106, in _do_open
  File "fasteners/process_lock.py", line 43, in _ensure_tree
  File "os.py", line 225, in makedirs
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: b'/Users/patrick/.config/MusicBrainz'
zsh: abort      /Applications/MusicBrainz\ Picard.app/Contents/MacOS/picard-run

Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

[Process completed]

I dont know what the above means so hoping someone can help me! Thanks :slight_smile:

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There is a permission error when trying to create the configuration folder in /Users/patrick/.config/MusicBrainz. Please check whether a .config already exists and that it is writeable. If it does not exist it would mean your home folder isn’t writable, which would be strange. But in this case also check the permissions on your home folder or manually create the .config folder.

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