# Joplin won't launch: EACCES: permission denied

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-wont-launch-eacces-permission-denied/24224>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [8 March 2022 09:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-wont-launch-eacces-permission-denied/24224 "2022-03-08T09:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ocns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/53a042/32.png) [@ocns](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/ocns)\
**Post date:** [8 March 2022 09:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-wont-launch-eacces-permission-denied/24224/1 "2022-03-08T09:28:00Z")

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Hello,  
I have posted the following question on a [relevant thread on Github](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/5383) but it does not seem to get any attention, so I try my luck here...  
I changed laptops and when re-installing Joplin I got an error message (see the link above) "Error: EACCES: permission denied".

The Github thread suggests to change something with permissions but I don't understand what is meant. I also find it odd that I did not need to do this in my previous laptop, nor with any other software I installed on the new one.

- Joplin 2.7.13 (trying to launch)
- MacOS 12.1

Any help would be much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![ocns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/53a042/32.png) [@ocns](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/ocns)\
**Post date:** [8 March 2022 15:21 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-wont-launch-eacces-permission-denied/24224/2 "2022-03-08T15:21:20Z")

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In case someone has the same issue, here is the solution, adapted from another Github issue (was cited in the previous one, not too difficult after all). I changed the rights of my user folder from the terminal with the following command line:

`sudo chown yourusername: /Users/yourusername/.config`

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2022 15:21 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-wont-launch-eacces-permission-denied/24224/3 "2022-04-07T15:21:32Z")

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