# Error when trying to add Pluto to Julia (Mac)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-add-pluto-to-julia-mac/107126>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question, error, error-message\
**Created:** [December 4, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-add-pluto-to-julia-mac/107126 "2023-12-04T17:48:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cmichelenstrofer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cmichelenstrofer/32/44392_2.png) [@cmichelenstrofer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cmichelenstrofer)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-add-pluto-to-julia-mac/107126/21 "2023-12-07T02:52:42Z")

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> [@molinq](#):
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> And also, when I run Pluto it redirects me to safari. How can I change it so it redirects me to Google Chrome?

It opens in your default browser. You can change your default browser on your Mac’s settings. If you want to open `Pluto` in a browser other than your default, take a look at [this topic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chose-what-browser-to-launch-pluto-in/58488).

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-add-pluto-to-julia-mac/107126/22 "2023-12-07T12:31:18Z")

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Great. That’s a temporary fix, but a very practical one for the moment.

The pkgimages feature refers to native code caching:

> **[Julia 1.9 Highlights](https://julialang.org/blog/2023/04/julia-1.9-highlights/#caching_of_native_code)**
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> Highlights of the Julia 1.9 release.

The problem we are struggling with is the use od the macOS linker.

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**Author:** ![molinq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@molinq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/molinq)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-add-pluto-to-julia-mac/107126/23 "2023-12-08T16:35:34Z")

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Does someone know why it can’t find the Excel file, even though I have it downloaded?

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**Author:** ![mike.ingold](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mike.ingold/32/203749_2.png) [@mike.ingold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mike.ingold)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-trying-to-add-pluto-to-julia-mac/107126/24 "2023-12-08T17:22:59Z")

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Looks like a standard file-not-found error. Since the file address was specified using only its filename itself and not the directory where it’s contained, my first guess would be that it’s not in the same local directory that this Pluto instance is operating from (you can check this with the `pwd()` function), so it couldn’t be found there.

You can troubleshoot this with `isfile(filename)` where you replace `filename` with the address you’re trying to use for the file. You might need to try specifying the absolute filename, e.g. something like `"/Users/username/Downloads/filename.xlsx"`.

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