Timeline for Cannot find BaseDirectory or UserBaseDirectory in Mac OS El Capitan
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| Apr 23, 2020 at 16:04 | answer | added | Valerio | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 17:02 | comment | added | Valerio |
SystemOpen[$BaseDirectory] returns $Failed: i'm using Mathematica 12.0 and macOS 10.15.4
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| Sep 2, 2016 at 4:41 | answer | added | LibertyTrooper | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 2:28 | vote | accept | magma | ||
| Mar 8, 2016 at 13:18 | answer | added | Szabolcs | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 8, 2016 at 10:11 | history | edited | Kuba | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 8, 2016 at 10:04 | answer | added | Kuba | timeline score: 8 | |
| Mar 8, 2016 at 9:51 | comment | added | SquareOne | @magma As was already mentioned, these libraries (/Library/ or /Users/.../Library )are by default hidden in OSX. Try to google "show library in finder". This question is not mathematica related. | |
| Mar 8, 2016 at 9:44 | comment | added | magma | @m_goldberg No custom install, I edited the paths and their status. I ultimately solved the problem following Kuba advice. But I first tried Stefan's trick (also found online): /Users/Alessandro/Library becomes visible but cannot be opened, while /Library/Mathematica simply does not exist. All in all the only reasonable solution seems to be Koba's SystemOpen one. All this is not easily found in the documentation. I am a bit disappointed by WRI. What is the point in making these important directories so hard to reach? | |
| Mar 8, 2016 at 9:25 | history | edited | magma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 8, 2016 at 0:26 | comment | added | m_goldberg |
The directories you mention are not on in the usual places for $UserBaseDirectory and $BaseDirectory OS X. Did you do some kind of custom install? For instance, $BaseDirectory is usually /Library/Mathematica and this directory is not hidden in Yosemite. (I have not upgraded to El Capitan.
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| Mar 7, 2016 at 20:47 | comment | added | Stefan R |
They are hidden. You can tell Finder to show hidden files and folders by entering a specific command in the Terminal: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES and then relaunch the Finder. You can also use Mathematica's SystemOpen command to access them, as @Kuba suggested.
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| Mar 7, 2016 at 20:26 | comment | added | Kuba |
Don't know about Mac OS but what about SystemOpen @ $UserBaseDirectory?
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| Mar 7, 2016 at 19:41 | history | asked | magma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |