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I've never been able to use FileZilla because every time I open it or close it I immediately get multiple popup errors. I've tried downloading it multiple times over the course of months because I keep trying again and again. I've put the errors below. How do I fix or stop them and get this thing working?

Error writing xml file (APPEARS FOUR TIMES)
Could not write "/.config/filezilla/filezilla.xml": Failed to write xml file

Error saving queue
An error occured saving the transfer queue to "/.config/filezilla/queue.sqlite3":. Some queue items might not have been saved.

Error loading queue (APPEARS TWICE)
An error occured loading the transfer queue from "/.config/filezilla/queue.sqlite3". Some queue items might not have been restored.

Filezilla Error
Directory '/.config/filezilla' couldn't be created (error 13: Permission denied)

If it helps I'm using a Mac.

Did you at any point decline a prompt by macOS to grant FileZilla permission to access its own configuration files?

Nope. I just checked to make sure to and it has access to files & folders.

Check the permissions of the directory ~/.config/filezilla as well as the files it contains, and also its parent directory ~/.config

I'm not sure how to do that. Is it one of the hidden folders in my harddrive? I'm not sure how to unhide them using Terminal.

ls -l to list files and permissions, and chmod to change permissions if needed.

UPDATE: I never got FileZilla to work, it just kept erroring, so I switched to a different program which works no problem whatsoever. If you use Mac and have this issue try Transmit 5.

It appears that the ownership got changed to system by mistake on your machine for the ./config folder

To restore the default permission, execute the following command on the terminal:
When prompted for a password, enter your login password.

Once done, Open the Filezilla again and it should work.