If user installs MacOS app to /Applications but then runs it as un-privileged user, it can't autoupdate

[element-hq]

If user installs MacOS app to /Applications but then runs it as un-privileged user, it can't autoupdate

[t3chguy]

@clokep has encountered this - likely an issue caused by moving to a CE+ compatible environment

[MadLittleMods]

Is this still a problem?

My Element desktop app on macOS asks me for my admin password every time it wants to update.

[t3chguy]

Closing as presumed fixed due to no response

[clokep]

@clokep has encountered this - likely an issue caused by moving to a CE+ compatible environment

For the record I was able to:

1. Close Element
2. Move /Applications/Element Nightly to ~/Application/Element Nightly
3. Re-launch it with no issue (it found my profile, etc.)
4. Check for updates
5. Update successfully

So this is pretty easy to fix as a user, but quite confusing and annoying to diagnose. I was quite nervous this would "lose" my profile, but it didn't.