[macOS] LocalStorage never written – favourites & per-world UI settings vanish after restart

[brandongorman]

FLC version: 7.5.0. macOS version: 15.5 Sequoia (M3 MacBook Pro 2024) Foundry VTT: 12.343

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch FLC, host or join any world.
2. Create at least one Favorite path in the Image or Video Browser and change a client-only module setting – e.g. Simple Calendar > “Open On Load”.
3. Quit FLC with ⌘ Q.
4. Relaunch FLC and reopen the same world.

Expected The Favorite and module setting persist.

Actual Both reset to default. Server list, does persist.

What I found ~/Library/WebKit/com.phenomen.flc/WebsiteData/LocalStorage is empty - no local storage file is ever created DevTools appears to be disabled (⌥ ⌘ I does nothing) so I can't log or clear storage from inside FLC.

Thank you for the excellent client!

[brandongorman]

Thank you for the response!

I ran a writable-folder test:

$ ls -ld
"/Users/bg256493/Library/WebKit/com.phenomen.flc/WebsiteData/LocalStorage"

drwxr-xr-x@ 2 bg256493  UALBANY\Domain Users  64 Jul 10 14:29
/Users/bg256493/Library/WebKit/com.phenomen.flc/WebsiteData/LocalStorage


$ touch
"/Users/bg256493/Library/WebKit/com.phenomen.flc/WebsiteData/LocalStorage/test.txt"

$ ls -l
"/Users/bg256493/Library/WebKit/com.phenomen.flc/WebsiteData/LocalStorage"

-rw-r--r--  1 bg256493  UALBANY\Domain Users  0 Jul 14 13:08 test.txt

I can create files there manually, but after adding favorites / client-only
settings in FLC and quitting with CMD+Q no files are ever created in the
folder. The server list persists fine.

Is it possible to get a mac debug build with devtools enabled so I can
watch the console and confirm whether the app is refusing to write to the
folder? I'm happy to provide a screen-capture or more logs if that helps.


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> I can't reproduce it on Windows, so it seems like Linux read-write
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[phenomen]

@brandongorman thanks for the testing this. I have an idea that might fix this. I will release the new version soon.

[brandongorman]

Glad to be of help! I love the client and this is the only issue I've got. Granted it's minor (I can reset my favorites and stuff every time I load) but it is an extra step for me and my players who use macOS. Thank you for your hard work!

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@brandongorman https://github.com/brandongorman thanks for the testing this. I have an idea that might fix this. I will release the new version soon.

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[brandongorman]

Just wondering about the status of this issue. I have a couple of players (and myself) who would love to use FLC on Macs but its refusal to save local settings is too big a drawback given our game. Thank you again for the client and your hard work putting it together.