OSX 10.9.2 Installer Error - Could not create this file.

Trying to install FamilySearch Indexing from the installer on OSX 10.9.2 and keep getting the following error: Please advise!

I'm having the same problem. Did you ever get it resolved?

Is your computer set to German? "de.lproj/Localizable.strings" is a file that contains German translations for the indexing program's UI.

Same problem. My computer is set to English, not German. I'm on OS X 10.10.5

Same problem. Anyone ever find help? I've looked everywhere

SAME problem here. I could have indexed a good 500 names by now.

Java issues. App is crazy out of date. They need to get this fixed immediately.

(Of course, if you google it, it's been an issue for over 2 years, and not fixed)

FYI: I tried to download the indexing program today and got the same message. I contacted the help desk and they said it won't work on a MacBook: "In the future we will be introducing a new indexing program that will run on a laptop, but it is not yet ready to be released and we have no release date."

That's not necessarily true – it works on my MacBook. But I've seen others on MacBooks with the issue. Did they provide any other details about what kind of MacBooks have problems, or did they just say MacBooks in general?

It's working now! I was running into the same problem as mentioned in this thread, not being able to create the file. I might also mention that indexing has been installed on my macbook before but decided to uninstall and redownload it because the update was not working for me, kept asking me to update every single time and I was not able to get anything done.
Here is a breakdown of what I did:
I updated to El Capitan (I have a macbook)
Updated Java to newest version
I uninstalled Indexing program
I searched for (using finder) anything related to family search/indexing and moved them to the trash because there were still some files left behind even after uninstall
After moving everything to the trash related to family search/indexing I emptied the trash
Went to family search to redownload indexing
Asked my girlfriend to say a prayer for me before I went through installer
and Bam! Lord answered our prayers
Indexing was successfully downloaded
We prayed and gave thanks
I Hope this helps!

Hooray!

Thank you for your help! Uninstalling and saying a prayer definitely helped. I've been trying to fix this for weeks and was sad that I wasn't able to participate!

It's still not working for me. Any idea what else I can do? Or where I can find help? (MBP with El Capitan)

I'm still having this problem. Tried the above suggestions. Any other suggestions? (MBP El Capitan.)

Are you receiving the same error as the others, or a different one? This is the error that some of the people in this thread have been seeing:
"/Applications/FamilySearchIndexing/indexing.familysearch.org/.install4j/Messages.bundle/Contents/Resources/de.lproj/Localizable.strings Could not create this file."

I am having the same error. tried everything. I'm on an IMac running 10.11.3.

Thanks Brad

Local mac guru told me to create a new Admin account. Be sure that the account has complete Admin access rights. Log into the admin account and download the installer. Run the installer. Works great. Tried everything else under the sun. It ran perfect, first time!!!!

Good luck

Had the same problem. I had to switch over to an admin account on my MBAir running El Capitan. Installation worked. Unfortunately, now I'm having other issues.

Thanks for everyone who posted. I'm using lion on my mac and was dealing with the same error referenced throughtout the thread. I did not have to update to capitan, or empty my trash, but I did update java, and remove any/all past indexing files. Oh yeah, and I said a prayer

It worked!

I had this same problem multiple times, that it wouldn't create the .lproj or .jar files. It was resolved when I changed the settings on my computer to make the user I had an administrator on the computer. Since the installer doesn't ask for an admin username and password, there is no way to validate that you have permission to install program on the computer. Once I made that user account an administrator on the device, it worked great!

Kudos to the Mac guru who tracked that down!

Im getting the same error. Im on Sierra 10.12.1. I downloaded java before I even tried to install so I know its current. and my Mac is set for English.

waite4me2 wrote:Im getting the same error. Im on Sierra 10.12.1. I downloaded java before I even tried to install so I know its current. and my Mac is set for English.

Does your user account have full administrative rights for your computer?