Unable to make mac on windows

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Issue Details

• Electron Forge Version:
  • 6.0.0-beta.54
• Electron Version:
  • v11.2.0
• Operating System:
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Home 10.0.18363 N/A Build 18363
• Last Known Working Electron Forge version::

Expected Behavior

I’m trying to compile a simple electron App for a macOS target.

Actual Behavior

Compilation fails everytime. Error message indicates that it’s about an unauthorized access to path, but elevating terminal privilege to admin doesn’t seem to fix it at all.

To Reproduce

I’m using a default folder created with npx create-electron-app exercent. I just added a command in my package.json file to compile directly for macOS platform :

"scripts": {
    "start": "electron-forge start",
    "package": "electron-forge package",
    "make": "electron-forge make",
    "make-mac": "electron-forge make --platform darwin",
    "publish": "electron-forge publish",
    "lint": "echo \"No linting configured\""
  }

Additional Information

PS C:\Users\thiba\OneDrive\Documents\GeneralProjects\ElectronFakaround\exercent> npm run make-mac

> exercent@1.0.0 make-mac C:\Users\thiba\OneDrive\Documents\GeneralProjects\ElectronFakaround\exercent
> electron-forge make --platform darwin

√ Checking your system
√ Resolving Forge Config
We need to package your application before we can make it
Downloading electron-v11.2.0-darwin-x64.zip: [===============================] 100% ETA: 0.0 seconds
√ Preparing to Package Application for arch: x64
√ Preparing native dependencies
√ Packaging Application
Making for the following targets: zip
× Making for target: zip - On platform: darwin - For arch: x64

An unhandled error has occurred inside Forge:
An error occured while making for target: zip
Command failed: powershell.exe -nologo -noprofile -command & { param([String]$myInPath, [String]$myOutPath); Add-Type -A "System.IO.Compression.FileSystem"; [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($myInPath, $myOutPath); exit !$? } -myInPath "C:\Users\thiba\OneDrive\Documents\GeneralProjects\ElectronFakaround\exercent\out\exercent-darwin-x64\exercent.app" -myOutPath "C:\Users\thiba\OneDrive\Documents\GeneralProjects\ElectronFakaround\exercent\out\make\zip\darwin\x64\exercent-darwin-x64-1.0.0.zip"
Exception calling "CreateFromDirectory" with "2" argument(s): "Access to the path 'C:\Users\thiba\One
Drive\Documents\GeneralProjects\ElectronFakaround\exercent\out\exercent-darwin-x64\exercent.app\Conte
nts\Frameworks\Electron Framework.framework\Helpers' is denied."
At line:1 char:99
+ ... ileSystem"; [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($myInPath,  ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccessException


Error: Command failed: powershell.exe -nologo -noprofile -command & { param([String]$myInPath, [String]$myOutPath); Add-Type -A "System.IO.Compression.FileSystem"; [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($myInPath, $myOutPath); exit !$? } -myInPath "C:\Users\thiba\OneDrive\Documents\GeneralProjects\ElectronFakaround\exercent\out\exercent-darwin-x64\exercent.app" -myOutPath "C:\Users\thiba\OneDrive\Documents\GeneralProjects\ElectronFakaround\exercent\out\make\zip\darwin\x64\exercent-darwin-x64-1.0.0.zip"
Exception calling "CreateFromDirectory" with "2" argument(s): "Access to the path 'C:\Users\thiba\One
Drive\Documents\GeneralProjects\ElectronFakaround\exercent\out\exercent-darwin-x64\exercent.app\Conte
nts\Frameworks\Electron Framework.framework\Helpers' is denied."
At line:1 char:99
+ ... ileSystem"; [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($myInPath,  ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccessException


    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:295:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:223:5)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:475:20)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:283:5)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! exercent@1.0.0 make-mac: `electron-forge make --platform darwin`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the exercent@1.0.0 make-mac script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\thiba\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2021-01-14T10_51_27_390Z-debug.log

My package.json file :

{
  "name": "exercent",
  "productName": "Exercent",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "Exercent App",
  "main": "src/index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "electron-forge start",
    "package": "electron-forge package",
    "make": "electron-forge make",
    "make-mac": "electron-forge make --platform darwin",
    "publish": "electron-forge publish",
    "lint": "echo \"No linting configured\""
  },
  "keywords": [
    "exercent",
    "app",
    "medical",
    "adapted",
    "jQuery",
    "firebase",
    "realtime database"
  ],
  "author": {
    "name": "Thibaud Marazano",
    "email": "[e-mail]"
  },
  "license": "MIT",
  "config": {
    "forge": {
      "packagerConfig": {
        "icon": "./src/icons/win/exercent_icon.ico"
      },
      "makers": [{
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel",
          "config": {
            "name": "exercent"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-zip",
          "platforms": [
            "darwin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-deb",
          "config": {}
        },
        {
          "name": "@electron-forge/maker-rpm",
          "config": {}
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@electron-forge/cli": "^6.0.0-beta.54",
    "@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^6.0.0-beta.54",
    "@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^6.0.0-beta.54",
    "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.0.0-beta.54",
    "@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.0.0-beta.54",
    "electron": "11.2.0"
  }
}

[basiclaser]

i managed to circumvent this issue by inlining my forge config back into the package.json

[karmaral]

i managed to circumvent this issue by inlining my forge config back into the package.json

@basiclaser I’m having a similar issue, but I’m no expert on node stuff. Could you elaborate a bit more so I can try that solution? Thank you.

I was misinformed at the time of the previous comment and now I build mac on a macbook.

I see. No way around it then. Thanks