Now AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT will start successfully. Select your username and choose Read & Write. Select the Autodesk folder, then right-click to select Get Info (or use Cmd+I).Ĭlick the lock in the lower right to open it with your Mac login password. Then, the previously hidden Library folder is shown and the subfolders Application Support and Autodesk can seen.

To show hidden folders, press Command+Shift+Period on the keyboard at the same time when in the Finder. The path to the Mac user's Autodesk folder needs Read & Write permission set.īut, the Library folder may not be visible at the path specified. Also the solution to Un-install and reinstall in the Autodesk Technical Article 'The directory may be locked by another process or have been set to Read Only' when launching AutoCAD / AutoCAD LT for Mac does not work.įurther, the path to the Autodesk folder cannot be found: Insufficient permission for the Mac user for the Autodesk folder. '/Users//Library/Application Support/Autodesk'. The path to the Autodesk folder may be listed as:

'The directory may be locked by another process or have been set to Read Only' After installing AutoCAD for Mac or AutoCAD LT for Mac on a new MacBook Pro, iMac, or Mac Mini, the first start of the program causes an error to appear:

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