I'm trying to install this on my macbook, but I keep getting this error message:

"Orb couldn't create data folder.

Please check that you have sufficient rights to create and access that folder, and try again."

I am the owner and administrator of my computer, so I can't see what the problem is.

Orb needs to create the folder /Library/OrbNetworks
This message hints that that step failed. Could you try to create it manually? From the Terminal, type
Then try launching Orb again.

"me too."

this is obviously an issue with the installer. any plans to correct it in a future version?

you may want to mention to folks that they need special permission to create that folder (i.e., they need to be root). if you are logged in to your mac under an admin account then



will probably do the trick. you'll be prompted for your password.

does this really need to be a system-wide directory? it's a little unsettling when an app creates system-wide resources.

or should it be a per-user directory (i.e., ~/Library/OrbNetworks vs /Library/OrbNetworks)?

I too am having a similar problem, I get an error that says: Error saving Orb settings. Please verify that you have correct rights on folder '~/Library/Preferences'

Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

I suspect that you are most likely trying to install Orb on a folder (e.g. Orb Test) which has a space in folder name or another possibility would be the write protected library folder.

The message I'm getting is:



As I mention in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=25637&p=73523

... this is the standard user domain preferences folder and there are no special rights needed. I get this message after entering my admin password.

The program is obviously flawed.

Hi, could you manually try creating a file at your '~/Library/Preferences' location

Bcoz I can see the error only when my '~/Library/Preferences' is Read Only.

It's a no brainer. that folder is owned by me as an admin user with rw privs. Here's proof:

MacPro:Preferences ctawn$ cd ~/Library
MacPro:Library ctawn$ ls -l | grep Preferences
drwx------+ 3259 ctawn staff 110806 Mar 20 09:38 Preferences
MacPro:Library ctawn$ cd Preferences
MacPro:Preferences ctawn$ touch orbtestfile
MacPro:Preferences ctawn$ ls -l | grep orb*
-rw-r--r-- 1 ctawn staff 0 Mar 20 09:39 orbtestfile

edit:

turns out that moving the Orb application to /Applications resolved this particular issue. It had been in a path with spaces, etc.

no offense, but it seems you guys need a more experienced mac developer on your team!

However still can't get past indexing -- will find a new thread for that.