I can't install Spicetify on macOS Ventura 13.2.1. On one line, it says spicetify was successfully installed; on another line, it says the spicetify command was not found. What is happening?
#Can't install Spicetify on macOS
pure fossil
pure fossil
Solution (for me, at least): Restarting the Terminal and proceeding with the installation again. Next, you have to run "spicetify backup apply" - your Spotify is spiced up now.
pure fossil
yeah sometimes Mac doesn't recognize the setting of path/global variables until restarting terminal
simple ice
If you add them via a shell RC file, it never does. It needs to load the file, which will happen if you open a new shell, or manually source the file.
Also, it says right in the screenshot to restart your shell
pure fossil
I feel like we need to rewrite the way spicetify logs information like restarting the shell
cause it is kinda buried amongst alot of stuff
simple ice
Yeah fair. Also might want to reword it from "restart shell to add spicetify to $PATH" because nobody knows what that even means
pure fossil
Also, it says right in the screenshot to restart your shell
YUP, but I got it for future commands/installs, like when Spotify has an update, and you have to rerun Spicetify and not restart your terminal to continue with the installation because it failed/stalled for that (PATH) reason because, on one line, it clearly says Spicetify is successfully installed.
pure fossil
Yeah fair. Also might want to reword it from "restart shell to add spicetify to ...
The PATH thing on macOS is a complicated story in itself. Rewording is always needed, especially for folks unfamiliar with the command line, terminal, or this stuff. What was confusing, due to a wrong statement rather than the wording, was that spicetify was successfully installed, yet the spicetify command was not found.
simple ice
When you have spicetify installed and working, you don't need to reinstall it when spotify gets an update, you just need to reapply it. The code isn't wrong in the installer, it just doesn't make it clear enough to the user that they will need to reload their terminal to use it.