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 If you have installed OpenToonz on the machine already, you can skip this.  Otherwise, you need to create the stuff folder with the following:
 ```
 $ cd ~/Documents/opentoonz
+$ sudo mkdir /Applications/OpenToonz
 $ sudo cp -r stuff /Applications/OpenToonz/OpenToonz_stuff
+$ sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/OpenToonz
 ```
 
 ### Running the build