Zotero will not run on my mac

Downloaded zotero but when I open the app it comes up with error message:
'The Zotero database cannot be opened.

Make sure you have read and write permissions for all files in the Zotero data directory and that security software isn’t preventing Zotero from accessing that directory.

Data Directory: /Users/betha/Zotero'

My mac is updated and read and write permissions for me are already turned on.
Please help thank you!
  • There's a problem with file permissions on your computer if you're getting that error.

    Is this a new Mac? Did you transfer data from another computer? With Migration Assistant or something else?

    Open Terminal from Spotlight, paste in this command, and let us know the output:

    ls -ld ~ ; ls -la ~/Zotero

    You can x out your username.
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