inaccessible .private on macOS

[HoneyShard]

Bug description

I'm not experienced at all, but i think it can't make the ".private" folder due to mac's file naming rules, causes the mod to not work at all

Steps to reproduce

1. Install Mod
2. Connect to a server with the mod
3. Add certificate
4. Will continue to happen after restart etc

Expected behavior

Log on and download mods

Actual behavior

Getting "Install modpack to join" error

Relevant logs

https://github.com/user-attachments/files/23833424/latest.log

Minecraft & Mod Loader versions

1.21.10 Fabric 0.18.1

Minecraft launcher

SKLauncher

Operating system

Tahoe 26.1

AutoModpack version

4.0.1

Other information

Connecting to the same server works fine on my friend's windows system

Check list

• I have verified that the issue persists in the latest version of the mod.
• I have searched the existing issues and confirmed that this is not a duplicate.
• I have provided all the necessary information to reproduce the issue.
• I have verified that the issue does not occur without the AutoModpack - Ignore if you are reporting a mod conflict issue.

[Skidamek]

That's strange because there definitely were macos users who had no problems with it. Could you try command+shift+. to toggle hidden files visibility within finder and then try to create that folder?

[HoneyShard]

automodpack-known-hosts.json
I had to sudo to make the folder, after creating it a file was written, but I still get similar behavior. Maybe something was changed with a recent macOS update?

latest.log

[Skidamek]

If you used sudo, there's no way automodpack could work. Minecraft doesn't (or well, it shouldn't and likely is not) run with the root privileges of sudo, so by creating the folder with root privileges by default, automodpack won't be able to do anything with it now.

[Skidamek]

You can try executing sudo chown -R your_username:your_username .private/ and chmod -R 700 .private/ to change permissions of that folder so automodpack could interact with it.

[HoneyShard]

I had already done that, but to no avail, macOS probably doesen't allow apps liek java to access hidden folders like this anymore