Installing MongoDB on macOS Catalina

A tricky problem due to Catalina’s read-only root folder

Bret Cameron
Better Programming
Published in
3 min readNov 23, 2019

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Recently, I started a new developer job and switched from a Windows to a Mac. The switch was mostly very smooth, with one main problem: setting up MongoDB. The problem is related to the latest major macOS release, Catalina, and in this article, I’ll share my solution.

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