PhaseScriptExecution failed in blank project

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Hi, when I setup a new audio plugin in Projucer and build the blank project just as it is in Xcode I get the following error for VST3:

ditto: /Users/myCompuser/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3//NewProject.vst3: Permission denied
Command PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code

I’ve read this thread but the solution with curly braces in the end didn’t work for me.

I also added a company/manufacturer name in Projucer to prevent the double dashes in …/Plug-Ins/VST3//NewProject.vst3 for the ditto command but this had no effect.

Does someone know how to fix this?

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What I’ve done now to get it working is to chmod the directory. Because the PhaseScriptExecution failure seems to be a result of missing write permissions. Changing the permissions of the folder is not a good solution, but it works.

Here’s a quick how to chmod:

  1. Open Terminal.app (comes with macOS)
  2. Navigate to the parent directory (type: cd /Users/[your-home-directory]/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/)
  3. Type: sudo chmod 777 VST3

A better solution would be to give only Xcode write permission instead of allowing everyone to write into the folder. Keep that in mind if you do this.