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SPSS 28 Unable to Open Syntax Files (on Mac OS Monterey)

  • 1.  SPSS 28 Unable to Open Syntax Files (on Mac OS Monterey)

    Posted Thu November 03, 2022 09:39 AM
    I've just upgraded to SPSS 28 (running version 28.0.1.1 on Mac OS Monterey 12.6) and am continuing to have the same problem described here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/datascience/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=4003&MessageKey=42b10463-373e-40a9-b1f5-d39e1e37f62f&CommunityKey=886b6874-0fb1-402c-8243-c70ef8179a99

    I followed the thread and looked into library permissions BUT I don't see how to access the library being referenced in the thread. When I go to Macintosh HD then Users/katherinemartin/ I have a folder called 'Applications' (that shows as empty) but not 'Application Support'. If I go from Macintosh HD directly to Applications (without accessing my user profile first) I see the same thing. Additionally, if I just go from Macintosh HD to Library directly I show 'system' as having Read & Write privileges; it doesn't show my username, but I am the only user account on this computer, so that shouldn't be a problem (I wouldn't think).

    Any insights on what I can do to alleviate this? It's particularly annoying given that I can't even get syntax to show up in the analysis output to double-check that the GUI is doing exactly what I want.

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    Katherine Martin
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  • 2.  RE: SPSS 28 Unable to Open Syntax Files (on Mac OS Monterey)

    Posted Thu November 03, 2022 10:03 AM
    Hi.

    Select "Finder > Go > Go to Folder..."
    Start typing...  /Users/katherinemartin/Library/Application Support/IBM/SPSS Statistics/28
    As you do that, you will see that Mac actively searches while you type, to save you some effort, hopefully.

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    Or in terminal window:

    cd "~/Library/Application Support/IBM/SPSS Statistics/28"

    goes to the same place. This is probably what you want, rather than the "Finder" method, because I think there are instructions that are going to want you using terminal anyway.

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    Rick Marcantonio
    Quality Assurance
    IBM
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