trying to install unity on mac mini m4
tldr: install unity on external drive failed, install unity on internal drive succeed
It shows error
editor application install failed installation failed
trying to look at the log file at
Mac: ~/Library/Application\ Support/UnityHub/logs
https://docs.unity3d.com/hub/manual/Help.html
Where can I find the Unity Hub logs? To find Hub logs, do one of the following:
Go to Account > Troubleshooting > Open log folder.
On the Hub Tray Menu, go to Troubleshooting > Open Log Folder.
Alternatively:
Windows: %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\UnityHub\logs
Mac: ~/Library/Application\ Support/UnityHub/logs
Linux: ~/.config/UnityHub/logs
{"timestamp":"2025-02-01T02:26:36.395Z","level":"info","moduleName":"EditorInstallerWorkflow (6000.0.36f1-arm64)","pid":62006,"message":"Starting the editor installation..."}
{"timestamp":"2025-02-01T02:26:56.264Z","level":"error","moduleName":"Installer: 6000.0.36f1-arm64","pid":62006,"message":"Installation failed. Reason: Error: Error while installing the editor 6000.0.36f1-arm64 : 1"}
{"timestamp":"2025-02-01T02:26:56.265Z","level":"info","moduleName":"Installer: 6000.0.36f1-arm64","pid":62006,"message":"Exiting from State: Installation. Event: ERROR"}
{"timestamp":"2025-02-01T02:26:56.265Z","level":"info","moduleName":"Installer: 6000.0.36f1-arm64","pid":62006,"message":"Transition to state \"install_failed\" on event \"ERROR\""}
{"timestamp":"2025-02-01T02:26:56.265Z","level":"info","moduleName":"Installation Manager","pid":62006,"message":"Update: install_failed"}
{"timestamp":"2025-02-01T02:26:56.265Z","level":"info","moduleName":"Installer: 6000.0.36f1-arm64","pid":62006,"message":"Entered State: install_failed"}it doesn’t show any useful information
asked GPT 4o, try to fix
- Run Unity Hub with Administrative Privileges: • Close Unity Hub completely. • Open Terminal and run the following command to launch Unity Hub with administrative privileges:
sudo /Applications/Unity\ Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/Unity\ Hub
failed again
trying to reboot
failed again
lastly, I tried to install it to internal drive
succeed