{"id":"troubleshooting.something-is-wrong-with-your-installation","url":"/faq/troubleshooting/something-is-wrong-with-your-installation","category":{"id":"troubleshooting","title":"Troubleshooting & messages"},"subcategory":{"id":"app-behaviour","title":"Storage Studio itself"},"question":"What does \"Something is wrong with your installation\" mean?","alt_questions":["something is wrong with your installation reinstall storage studio","the app bundle is missing its scripts folder","storage studio damaged reinstall","storage studio install corrupted"],"short_answer":"Part of the app is missing or damaged, usually after an interrupted update. Download it again from storagestudio.us and replace the copy in Applications — your settings are kept.","answer_markdown":"Part of the Storage Studio app is missing or damaged — usually after an interrupted update, or if something removed files from inside the app.\n\n### What to do\n1. Download Storage Studio again from storagestudio.us.\n2. Drag it to **Applications**, replacing the existing copy.\n3. Open it. Your settings, moved items and history are kept; you don't need to set anything up again.","answer_html":"<p>Part of the Storage Studio app is missing or damaged — usually after an interrupted update, or if something removed files from inside the app.</p>\n<p>### What to do 1. Download Storage Studio again from storagestudio.us. 2. Drag it to <strong>Applications</strong>, replacing the existing copy. 3. Open it. Your settings, moved items and history are kept; you don&#39;t need to set anything up again.</p>","answer_text":"Part of the Storage Studio app is missing or damaged — usually after an interrupted update, or if something removed files from inside the app.\n\nWhat to do\n1. Download Storage Studio again from storagestudio.us.\n2. Drag it to Applications, replacing the existing copy.\n3. Open it. Your settings, moved items and history are kept; you don't need to set anything up again.","tags":["reinstall","damaged","install"],"related":[{"id":"troubleshooting.couldnt-find-its-transfer-tool","question":"What should I do if Storage Studio says it couldn't find its transfer tool?","url":"/faq/troubleshooting/couldnt-find-its-transfer-tool"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"What does \"Something is wrong with your installation\" mean? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Part of the app is missing or damaged, usually after an interrupted update. Download it again from storagestudio.us and replace the copy in Applications — your settings are kept.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Troubleshooting & messages","path":"/faq/troubleshooting/"},{"name":"What does \"Something is wrong with your installation\" mean?","path":"/faq/troubleshooting/something-is-wrong-with-your-installation"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/troubleshooting/something-is-wrong-with-your-installation","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does \"Something is wrong with your installation\" mean?","alternateName":["something is wrong with your installation reinstall storage studio","the app bundle is missing its scripts folder","storage studio damaged reinstall","storage studio install corrupted"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Part of the Storage Studio app is missing or damaged — usually after an interrupted update, or if something removed files from inside the app.\n\nWhat to do\n1. Download Storage Studio again from storagestudio.us.\n2. Drag it to Applications, replacing the existing copy.\n3. Open it. Your settings, moved items and history are kept; you don't need to set anything up again.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/troubleshooting/something-is-wrong-with-your-installation"}}]},"fragment":"<div class=\"wrap fl-wrap\"><div class=\"fl-layout\"><aside class=\"fl-side\" aria-label=\"FAQ topics\"><details open><summary>All topics</summary><ul class=\"fl-tree\"><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\">Getting started</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/freeing-space/\">Freeing up space</a> <span>182</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/moving-folders/\">Moving folders</a> <span>144</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/apps/\">Apps</a> <span>146</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/external-drives/\">External drives</a> <span>169</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/finder-location/\">Finding things in Finder</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/\">Cloud accounts</a> <span>158</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/icloud/\">iCloud &amp; iCloud Photos</a> <span>168</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/data-transfers/\">Data Transfers</a> <span>119</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/backups/\">Backups &amp; 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messages</a> · <a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/#app-behaviour\">Storage Studio itself</a></p>\n<h1>What does &quot;Something is wrong with your installation&quot; mean?</h1>\n<p class=\"fl-short\"><strong>Short answer:</strong> Part of the app is missing or damaged, usually after an interrupted update. Download it again from storagestudio.us and replace the copy in Applications — your settings are kept.</p>\n<div class=\"fl-answer\"><p>Part of the Storage Studio app is missing or damaged — usually after an interrupted update, or if something removed files from inside the app.</p>\n<p>### What to do 1. Download Storage Studio again from storagestudio.us. 2. Drag it to <strong>Applications</strong>, replacing the existing copy. 3. Open it. Your settings, moved items and history are kept; you don&#39;t need to set anything up again.</p></div>\n\n<p class=\"fl-meta\">Last reviewed <time datetime=\"2026-10-01\">October 1, 2026</time></p>\n\n<section class=\"fl-related\"><h2>Related questions</h2><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/couldnt-find-its-transfer-tool\">What should I do if Storage Studio says it couldn&#39;t find its transfer tool?</a></li></ul></section>\n<p class=\"fl-formats\">Also available as <a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/something-is-wrong-with-your-installation.md\">Markdown</a> and <a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/something-is-wrong-with-your-installation.json\">JSON</a>.</p>\n</article></div></div></div>"}