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Craig H commented on NETBEANS-5133: ----------------------------------- Running as a super user allows it to work : sudo "/Applications/NetBeans/Apache NetBeans 12.2.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/netbeans/bin/netbeans" > On MACOS Big Sur a normal user can not open Preferences or Plugins > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: NETBEANS-5133 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-5133 > Project: NetBeans > Issue Type: Bug > Components: editor - Settings, platform - Plugin Manager > Affects Versions: 12.1, 12.2 > Environment: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 > Reporter: Jose Medeiros > Priority: Critical > Attachments: Screen Recording 2020-12-11 at 22.09.26.mov, Screen > Recording 2020-12-11 at 22.10.15.mov > > > When running as a normal user, if you click on Netbeans->Preferences the > window will open, shake, freeze and not let you do anything. The same thing > happens with the Tools->Plugins. Running as super user it works perfectly. > Could it be trying to pop up an authentication window that never shows up? > See my answer at Stackoverflow > [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61904617/access-to-root-application-support-macos-java/61994057#61994057] > if that's the case. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists