Cannot update or install Photoshop on Mac - Error code 146

Question

I'm fairly frustrated with this process. I have lived with non-updating Adobe apps for probably a year now. This evening I tried again to update Lightroom and Photoshop with recurrent failures with error code 146 being reported. The available documentation seems to focus exclusively on Windows installs. How am I to resolve this on my Mac?

I'm logged in as an adminstrator

I am not running antivirus or malware software

I have unintalled, reinstalled and run creative cloud cleaner multiple times.

Screen shot from my error log is below.

Kanikas · Accepted Answer

Hi there,

Please see this link to get the solution ofr above error:

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/kb/troubleshoot-download-install-logs.html

Hope this helps!

Feel free to update the thread for any other questions.

Thanks
Kanika

SeeDiph · Answer

So since the 'correct answer' is not at all correct and this is a recurrent problem for mac users, I'd like to share what actually works.

System Integrity Protection prevents writing to the /applications/utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud Experience folder. Disable SIP in recovery mode, reboot, change the folder permissions manually, update software, reboot in recover, re-enable SIP.

this is something that Adobe engineers probably need to be involved in for an easier solution

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