Cant log onto zotero through my mac

cbrown17
This is the message I get when I try to login...
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/tooki/Zotero
And I tried the following % sudo chown -R `whoami` ~/Zotero in my terminal and it did not do anything, what can I do with my message directory or terminal to get it to work.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    What happened before you started getting this message? Did you transfer this data from another computer?

    What's the output of ls -la ~/Zotero?
  • cbrown17
    I did transfer like my data and stuff from a prior computer so I think thats the issue
  • cbrown17
    zsh: no matches found: /Users/tooki/Zotero? This is the result
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    No, don't include the ? in the command.
  • cbrown17
    drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 288 25 Dec 2024 .
    drwxr-xr-x+ 37 tooki staff 1184 10 Mar 16:59 ..
    drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 160 25 Dec 2024 locate
    drwxr-xr-x 543 root wheel 17376 25 Dec 2024 storage
    drwxr-xr-x 17 root wheel 544 25 Dec 2024 styles
    drwxr-xr-x 730 root wheel 23360 25 Dec 2024 translators
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 35450880 25 Dec 2024 zotero.sqlite
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 35450880 25 Dec 2024 zotero.sqlite.1.bak
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 35450880 25 Dec 2024 zotero.sqlite.bak
    This is what showed up in the terminal
  • cbrown17
    total 207720
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited yesterday at 8:25pm
    OK, so you need to fix the permissions on that folder and all files within it so they’re owned by your user account. You can do this from File → Get Info in Finder.
  • cbrown17
    It wont let me click on "show in finder"
  • cbrown17
    So then I go through the whole process and it just quits on itself
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    This has nothing to do with Show in Finder or Zotero itself. You just need to correct the permissions on the files you copied.
  • cbrown17
    And do I do that through finder?
  • cbrown17
    Application (Universal)
    397,320,562 bytes (398.6 MB on disk)
    /Users/tooki/Downloads/Zotero-8.0.1.dmg
    Zotero 8.0.1, © 2006-2018 Contributors
    This is what it shows under general where do I go to correct the permissions
  • cbrown17
    When I go to permissions to change everyone, staff and even me to Read and Write it says I dont have permission. Even when I unlock it with the password for my account
  • cbrown17
    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.
    Like it wont let me change this in the first place
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited yesterday at 9:29pm
    This is about the Zotero data directory — the folder you yourself copied from the other computer. It doesn't have anything to do with the Zotero app itself or the .dmg in your downloads folder.

    This is just a basic operation in Finder, but I'm afraid we can't provide general OS usage guidance here. Plenty of resources for that if you need more help.
  • cbrown17
    Where would I be able to find that guidance
  • poettli
    Search "Change permissions for files, folders, or disks on Mac"
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