# Where are my project files on Mac?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-are-my-project-files-on-mac/38352>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 3, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-are-my-project-files-on-mac/38352 "2020-09-03T14:16:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![srieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@srieger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/srieger)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-are-my-project-files-on-mac/38352/1 "2020-09-03T14:16:54Z")

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I found what I thought was my project path – /usr/local/ignition/data/datacache/ – however when i mad changes to my project and saved it, the modified timestamp does not change. Can any Mac users help me out?

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-are-my-project-files-on-mac/38352/2 "2020-09-03T14:25:22Z")

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Are you running from the installer or a .zip installation? And are you running 7.9 or 8.0?

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**Author:** ![srieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@srieger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/srieger)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-are-my-project-files-on-mac/38352/3 "2020-09-03T14:36:35Z")

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Installer / 8.0

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-are-my-project-files-on-mac/38352/4 "2020-09-03T15:23:10Z")

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Should be `/usr/local/ignition/data/projects/`, or similar. `datacache/` is the store and forward system.