- Feb 19, 2019
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This has nothing to do with permissions, but with the quarantine imposed by Gatekeeper.I am encountering this error:
UnknownError : EROFS: read-only file system, mkdir '/private/........./Game.app/Resources/app.nw/save/'
On my mac. Please help me fix this. I am not able to change the permissions.
It's easy to circumvent this in terminal though.
To remove the quarantine, type "xattr -d com.apple.quarantine " without the quotes and drag the app into the window. Terminal will fill out the path to the app for you. Mind there should be a space between the command and the path to the app. Hit enter. Quarantine should now be removed.
Some background: RPGM games want to store their saves and preferences in the app itself. That's a big nono for MacOS security. An app should not be able to change itself, so the game is run from an ad-hoc read-only location.