# Error writing settings on MacOS

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-writing-settings-on-macos/35573>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-writing-settings-on-macos/35573 "2024-04-17T23:50:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![lskog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lskog/32/70080_2.png) [@lskog](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lskog)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-writing-settings-on-macos/35573/1 "2024-04-17T23:50:50Z")

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My slicer cannot save any settings I try to change, even its basic ones. I tried to give it the whole disk permissions, but still nothing. All I can see in console is:  
[Qt] Error #1 while writing setting “ApplicationUpdate/AutoUpdateCheck”  
[Qt] Error #1 while writing setting “ApplicationUpdate/ServerUrl”  
[Qt] Error #1 while writing setting “DefaultScenePath”

and such things like for 50 settings.  
I’d appreciate any help, hope someone already faced this porblem. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-writing-settings-on-macos/35573/2 "2024-04-18T15:52:19Z")

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Doesn’t happen for me on macs I use. Be sure you’ve installed the app (not running from the disk image) and that your home directory isn’t full or otherwise unavailable.

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**Author:** ![lskog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lskog/32/70080_2.png) [@lskog](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lskog)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-writing-settings-on-macos/35573/3 "2024-04-18T19:47:15Z")

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Thank you for yourreply. Even tried to install with homebrew. Any possibilities to intall not in applications folder but, for example ~/user/slicer/?

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-writing-settings-on-macos/35573/4 "2024-04-18T20:06:26Z")

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Yes, you can install the applications anywhere you want.

For me the settings are in ~/.config/slicer.org/Slicer.ini so you might check if that exists or is somehow locked. Perhaps it got set to read-only and or you need to delete a corrupted one.

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**Author:** ![lskog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lskog/32/70080_2.png) [@lskog](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lskog)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/error-writing-settings-on-macos/35573/5 "2024-04-18T21:01:10Z")

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It worked! Just needed to find .config and change writing permissions. I’m kinda new to mac (less than a month) so it was a bit complicated. Thank you!