Installing Matlab on External Drive on MAC
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Hello,
I am having trouble installing Matlab on my mac on an external drive. I am getting this error when choosing my drive to install it on. Please help as I need this program tomorrow. ![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/236038/image.png)
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/236038/image.png)
Thanks.
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Raphael Pesch
on 29 Aug 2019
Looks like it is not allowed to use a space in the pathname. Try to change your "Mac Storage" to "Mac_Storage".
Than your path should look like /Volumes/Mac_Storage
If this wont work, than try to call it "MacStorage", so that the pathname looks like this:
/Volumes/MacStorage
Maybe this helps. Good luck!
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Shubham Kashyap
on 7 Apr 2020
The only workaround is to start installer with -tmpdir flag. To do so follow the steps below:
1) Create a folder that will be used temporarily during installation
2) Open Terminal application
3) Drag and drop install script into Terminal from your MATLAB directory that contains installation files to be installed
4) Add -tmpdir flag pointing to your newly created temporary folder in the following manner:
/Users/YourUsername/Downloads/matlab_R2019a_maci64/install -tmpdir /Users/YourUsername/Desktop/temporaryfolder/
Once this command is run in Terminal the issue should be resolved. After the installation is completed you may delete this temporary folder.
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