There has been an issue identified with trying to launch HGTV Home Design for Mac under a non-Admin account. When trying to launch it, the application will just close. Our developers are working on a solution to correct this issue. In the meantime, you can use the following to allow a non-Admin account to run HGTV Home Design for Mac:

  1. Log in to the Admin account.
  2. Launch the Terminal utility.
  3. Type the following exactly as shown and press Enter afterwards:

    cd /Applications

  4. Then, type the following exactly as shown and press Enter afterwards:

    sudo chmod -R 777 "HGTV Home Design.app"

  5. When prompted for the password, enter the Admin password and press Enter.
  6. Close the Terminal window.
  7. Log out of the Admin account and log into the non-Admin account to verify they can use the program.


You can also copy/paste the lines from steps 3 & 4 instead of typing them out. When you get to the password prompt, you will not see any characters as you type in the password.