# A few questions about SyncThing on a mac os 10.10
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/a-few-questions-about-syncthing-on-a-mac-os-10-10/6314
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 3, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/a-few-questions-about-syncthing-on-a-mac-os-10-10/6314 "2015-12-03T11:24:02Z")
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### Author:  [@aart](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/aart)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/a-few-questions-about-syncthing-on-a-mac-os-10-10/6314/1 "2015-12-03T11:24:02Z")
On a mac os (10.10) I have configured that SyncThing will start automatically.
Will it also update itself automatically, I cannot find a button in the web-gui where I can update syncthing?
The mac has an external drive which I want to be the location that will be synced to. I have formatted the external drive as Mac Os (journalled). I have created a partition “SyncDrive”, so in the webgui the synced folder-location is: /Volumes/SyncDrive/. I now get the message: mkdir /Volumes/SyncDrive/map : permission denied. Which setting has I configured wrong.
In the info of the external drive from the finder, I already have given “everyone” “read/write”.
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### Author:  [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/a-few-questions-about-syncthing-on-a-mac-os-10-10/6314/2 "2015-12-03T12:33:21Z")
> [@aart](#):
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> Will it also update itself automatically, I cannot find a button in the web-gui where I can update syncthing?
If you downloaded it from GitHub, and if Syncthing itself has write permissions on the directory where it’s running from, yes. You don’t get an upgrade button in the UI if there isn’t an upgrade available.
> [@aart](#):
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> I have created a partition “SyncDrive”, so in the webgui the synced folder-location is: /Volumes/SyncDrive/. I now get the message: mkdir /Volumes/SyncDrive/map : permission denied. Which setting has I configured wrong.
Unclear… Perhaps permissions or ownership is wrong on the “map” folder. Macs usually format external drives with ownership disabled, but perhaps that wasn’t the case here.
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### Author:  [@aart](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/aart)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/a-few-questions-about-syncthing-on-a-mac-os-10-10/6314/3 "2015-12-03T12:39:57Z")
When I look at the info of the external hd. I see that everyone has read and write. I also see that the checkbox “Ignore ownership on this volume” is set.
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### Author:  [@aart](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/aart)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/a-few-questions-about-syncthing-on-a-mac-os-10-10/6314/4 "2015-12-03T12:50:36Z")
I opened a terminal on the mac and I try to create a directory (mkdir) and this fails also “permission denied”. I know now where the problem is.
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### Author:  [@aart](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/aart)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/a-few-questions-about-syncthing-on-a-mac-os-10-10/6314/5 "2015-12-03T13:36:35Z")
Problem solved. It was a mistake I’ve made.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/a-few-questions-about-syncthing-on-a-mac-os-10-10/6314/6 "2016-01-02T13:36:40Z")
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