Is it possible with GeoDa on macOS to specify where the user-accessible files and directories are placed?

[jdalbers]

With GeoDa running on macOS, I have noticed that GeoDa needs write access to several directories and files in the /Applications/ folder where it is installed (e.g. /Applications/GeoDa.app/Contents/Resources/cache.sqlite). When multiple users use the computer, this does not work properly without manually setting permissions. Would it be possible to specify a per-user location for these files? A user's home directory (possibly within a subfolder of ~/Library/ or ~Library/Application Support) could be an appropriate location for such files. There are workarounds, but specifying a user-accessible location for the mentioned files and folders by default may be the cleanest solution, that avoids multiple installations or manual interventions regarding the permissions in /Applications/.