Ded Node on Mac won't install pallets

After successfully installing Red-Node on my MacBook Pro it will not install any additional pallets like the Victron Pallets or eWeLink pallets returning this:

Hi @logic28

The error message shown includes instructions for what to do.

You need to run the command it says to fix permissions on files under /Users/mac3/.npm

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Unfortunately running: sudo chown -R 501:20 "/Users/mac3/.npm" in the terminal does not seem to have any effect.

You can manually delete the folder /Users/mac3/.npm/_cacache (please double check I've not typo'd the path...) and that should fix things as well.

Or npm cache clean --force

/Users/mac3/.npm/_cacache does not exist when I search for it :thinking:

You may have to enable hidden files to see .npm. I am not sure about that on a mac though. Can you see the .npm folder? If so then what is in it?

Press Command+Shift+Dot in the Finder.

Nope, it's not appearing under any search

I shall try the command

After tat it returned: [Process completed]

I can see these: