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Can not set Stata directory on OSX with Stata MP 14.1 #58

Closed Rubensavvy closed 7 years ago

Rubensavvy commented 7 years ago

Preliminaries

Before submitting an issue, please check (with x in brackets) that you:

Expected behavior and actual behavior

I’m trying to use "parallel do”, but when I run it I get an error that all processes encountered errors and the log is empty. Quick overview of the problem:

Some screenshots error statapath1 statapath2

Steps to reproduce the problem

Nothing works so base examples reproduce the problem:

parallel setclusters 2, f
sysuse auto
parallel, by(foreign): egen maxp = max(price)
tab maxp

Some relevant information Everything works fine on another computer I have access to, running Windows.

System information

Stata 14MP Mac OS X (10.12.5 - Sierra)

Output from creturn list:

System values

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(current_date) = " 7 Aug 2017"
    c(current_time) = "19:14:43"
       c(rmsg_time) = 0                          (seconds, from set rmsg)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   c(stata_version) = 14.1
         c(version) = 14.1                       (version)
     c(userversion) = 14.1                       (version)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       c(born_date) = "01 Feb 2016"
          c(flavor) = "IC"
             c(bit) = 64
              c(SE) = 1
              c(MP) = 1
      c(processors) = 8                          (Stata/MP, set processors)
  c(processors_lic) = 8
 c(processors_mach) = 8
  c(processors_max) = 8
            c(mode) = ""
         c(console) = ""
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              c(os) = "MacOSX"
           c(osdtl) = "10.12.5"
        c(hostname) = "rubens-imac.econ..."
    c(machine_type) = "Macintosh (Intel .."
       c(byteorder) = "lohi"
        c(username) = "rubensavelkoul"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Directories and paths

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(sysdir_stata) = "/Applications/Sta.."      (sysdir)
     c(sysdir_base) = "/Applications/Sta.."      (sysdir)
     c(sysdir_site) = "/Applications/Sta.."      (sysdir)
     c(sysdir_plus) = "~/Library/Applica.."      (sysdir)
 c(sysdir_personal) = "~/Library/Applica.."      (sysdir)
 c(sysdir_oldplace) = "~/ado/"                   (sysdir)
          c(tmpdir) = "/var/folders/f0/k.."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(adopath) = "BASE;SITE;.;PERSO.."      (adopath)
             c(pwd) = "/Users/rubensavel.."      (cd)
          c(dirsep) = "/"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

System limits

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(max_N_theory) = 281474976710655
    c(max_k_theory) = 5000                       (set maxvar)
c(max_width_theory) = 1048576                    (set maxvar)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     c(max_matsize) = 11000
     c(min_matsize) = 10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(max_macrolen) = 4227143
        c(macrolen) = 645200                     (set maxvar)
         c(charlen) = 67783
      c(max_cmdlen) = 4227159
          c(cmdlen) = 645216                     (set maxvar)
     c(namelenbyte) = 128
     c(namelenchar) = 32
           c(eqlen) = 1337
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Numerical and string limits

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       c(mindouble) = -8.9884656743e+307
       c(maxdouble) = 8.9884656743e+307
       c(epsdouble) = 2.22044604925e-16
  c(smallestdouble) = 2.2250738585e-308
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        c(minfloat) = -1.70141173319e+38
        c(maxfloat) = 1.70141173319e+38
        c(epsfloat) = 1.19209289551e-07
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(minlong) = -2147483647
         c(maxlong) = 2147483620
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          c(minint) = -32767
          c(maxint) = 32740
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(minbyte) = -127
         c(maxbyte) = 100
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(maxstrvarlen) = 2045
   c(maxstrlvarlen) = 2000000000
    c(maxvlabellen) = 32000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Current dataset

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               c(N) = 74
               c(k) = 12
           c(width) = 43
         c(changed) = 0
        c(filename) = "/Applications/Sta.."
        c(filedate) = "13 Apr 2014 17:45"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Memory settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          c(memory) = 33554432
          c(maxvar) = 5000                       (set maxvar)
         c(matsize) = 400                        (set matsize)
        c(niceness) = 5                          (set min_memory)
      c(min_memory) = 0                          (set min_memory)
      c(max_memory) = .                          (set max_memory)
     c(segmentsize) = 33554432                   (set segmentsize)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Output settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            c(more) = "on"                       (set more)
            c(rmsg) = "off"                      (set rmsg)
              c(dp) = "period"                   (set dp)
        c(linesize) = 126                        (set linesize)
        c(pagesize) = 19                         (set pagesize)
         c(logtype) = "smcl"                     (set logtype)
         c(noisily) = 1
         c(eolchar) = "unix"                     (set eolchar)
      c(notifyuser) = "on"                       (set notifyuser)
         c(playsnd) = "off"                      (set playsnd)
  c(include_bitmap) = "on"                       (set include_bitmap)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           c(level) = 95                         (set level)
          c(clevel) = 95                         (set clevel)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  c(showbaselevels) = ""                         (set showbaselevels)
  c(showemptycells) = ""                         (set showemptycells)
     c(showomitted) = ""                         (set showomitted)
         c(fvlabel) = "on"                       (set fvlabel)
          c(fvwrap) = 1                          (set fvwrap)
        c(fvwrapon) = "word"                     (set fvwrapon)
        c(lstretch) = ""                         (set lstretch)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(cformat) = ""                         (set cformat)
         c(sformat) = ""                         (set sformat)
         c(pformat) = ""                         (set pformat)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  c(coeftabresults) = "on"                       (set coeftabresults)

Interface settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      c(reventries) = 5000                       (set reventries)
     c(revkeyboard) = "on"                       (set revkeyboard)
     c(varkeyboard) = "on"                       (set varkeyboard)
     c(smoothfonts) = "on"                       (set smoothfonts)
         c(linegap) = 1                          (set linegap)
   c(scrollbufsize) = 204800                     (set scrollbufsize)
           c(maxdb) = 50                         (set maxdb)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Graphics settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        c(graphics) = "on"                       (set graphics)
          c(scheme) = "s2color"                  (set scheme)
      c(printcolor) = "automatic"                (set printcolor)
       c(copycolor) = "automatic"                (set copycolor)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Efficiency settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(adosize) = 1000                       (set adosize)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Network settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        c(checksum) = "off"                      (set checksum)
        c(timeout1) = 30                         (set timeout1)
        c(timeout2) = 180                        (set timeout2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       c(httpproxy) = "off"                      (set httpproxy)
   c(httpproxyhost) = ""                         (set httpproxyhost)
   c(httpproxyport) = 80                         (set httpproxyport)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   c(httpproxyauth) = "off"                      (set httpproxyauth)
   c(httpproxyuser) = ""                         (set httpproxyuser)
     c(httpproxypw) = ""                         (set httpproxypw)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Update settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(update_query) = "off"                      (set update_query)
 c(update_interval) = 7                          (set update_interval)
   c(update_prompt) = "on"                       (set update_prompt)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Trace (program debugging) settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           c(trace) = "off"                      (set trace)
      c(tracedepth) = 32000                      (set tracedepth)
        c(tracesep) = "on"                       (set tracesep)
     c(traceindent) = "on"                       (set traceindent)
     c(traceexpand) = "on"                       (set traceexpand)
     c(tracenumber) = "off"                      (set tracenumber)
     c(tracehilite) = ""                         (set tracehilite)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mata settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      c(matastrict) = "off"                      (set matastrict)
        c(matalnum) = "off"                      (set matalnum)
    c(mataoptimize) = "on"                       (set mataoptimize)
       c(matafavor) = "space"                    (set matafavor)
       c(matacache) = 2000                       (set matacache)
        c(matalibs) = "lmatabase;lmataad.."      (set matalibs)
     c(matamofirst) = "off"                      (set matamofirst)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Unicode settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       c(locale_ui) = "nl_BE"                    (set locale_ui)
c(locale_functions) = "nl_BE"                    (set locale_functions)
  c(locale_icudflt) = "nl_BE"                    (unicode locale)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other settings

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            c(type) = "float"                    (set type)
         c(maxiter) = 16000                      (set maxiter)
   c(searchdefault) = "all"                      (set searchdefault)
             c(rng) = "default"                  (set rng)
     c(rng_current) = "mt64"
        c(rngstate) = "XAA00000000000000.."      (set rngstate)
       c(varabbrev) = "on"                       (set varabbrev)
      c(emptycells) = "keep"                     (set emptycells)
         c(odbcmgr) = "iodbc"                    (set odbcmgr)
      c(odbcdriver) = "unicode"                  (set odbcdriver)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              c(pi) = 3.141592653589793
           c(alpha) = "a b c d e f g h i.."
           c(ALPHA) = "A B C D E F G H I.."
            c(Mons) = "Jan Feb Mar Apr M.."
          c(Months) = "January February .."
           c(Wdays) = "Sun Mon Tue Wed T.."
        c(Weekdays) = "Sunday Monday Tue.."
              c(rc) = 0                          (capture)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bquistorff commented 7 years ago

Can you manually verify that real path of Stata on your machine? Is the application "package" actually /Application/Stata 14/StataMP? Can you Ctrl-click on it and say "Show Package Contents" and then verify that there is the executable /Application/Stata 14/StataMP.app/Contents/MacOS/stata-mp?

Rubensavvy commented 7 years ago

Forgot to mention, but I already verified this. In Mata, both fileexists(c("sysdir_stata")+"StataMP.app/Contents/MacOS/stata-mp") and fileexists(c("sysdir_stata")+"StataMP.app/Contents/MacOS/StataMP") return 1 as well.

gvegayon commented 7 years ago

It seems to me that it is an issue with privileges. fileexists() returns 0 iff the file exists and has reading access, so if you installed stata as super user then it returns 0 regardless. I had that same problem in ubuntu

George G. Vega Yon +1 (626) 381 8171 http://cana.usc.edu/vegayon

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Rubensavvy notifications@github.com wrote:

Forgot to mention, but I already verified this. In Mata, both fileexists(c("sysdir_stata")+"StataMP.app/Contents/MacOS/stata-mp") and fileexists(c("sysdir_stata")+"StataMP.app/Contents/MacOS/StataMP") return 1 as well.

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Rubensavvy commented 7 years ago

I'm kind of lost now, what does this mean? Is there anything I can do? I should be able to enable the root user if that's necessary.

Btw, if it is of any use: I just tried on another Mac (El Capitan 10.11.6 and Stata 14MP) and am encountering the exact same problem. Output from creturn list: System values

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(current_date) = " 8 Aug 2017"
    c(current_time) = "00:08:18"
       c(rmsg_time) = 0                          (seconds, from set rmsg)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   c(stata_version) = 14.1
         c(version) = 14.1                       (version)
     c(userversion) = 14.1                       (version)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
       c(born_date) = "01 Feb 2016"
          c(flavor) = "IC"
             c(bit) = 64
              c(SE) = 1
              c(MP) = 1
      c(processors) = 4                          (Stata/MP, set processors)
  c(processors_lic) = 8
 c(processors_mach) = 4
  c(processors_max) = 4
            c(mode) = ""
         c(console) = ""
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
              c(os) = "MacOSX"
           c(osdtl) = "10.11.6"
        c(hostname) = "MacBook-Pro-van-R.."
    c(machine_type) = "Macintosh (Intel .."
       c(byteorder) = "lohi"
        c(username) = "rubensavelkoul"
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Directories and paths

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(sysdir_stata) = "/Applications/Sta.."      (sysdir)
     c(sysdir_base) = "/Applications/Sta.."      (sysdir)
     c(sysdir_site) = "/Applications/Sta.."      (sysdir)
     c(sysdir_plus) = "~/Library/Applica.."      (sysdir)
 c(sysdir_personal) = "~/Library/Applica.."      (sysdir)
 c(sysdir_oldplace) = "~/ado/"                   (sysdir)
          c(tmpdir) = "/var/folders/9w/b.."
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(adopath) = "BASE;SITE;.;PERSO.."      (adopath)
             c(pwd) = "/Users/rubensavel.."      (cd)
          c(dirsep) = "/"
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

System limits

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(max_N_theory) = 281474976710655
    c(max_k_theory) = 5000                       (set maxvar)
c(max_width_theory) = 1048576                    (set maxvar)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     c(max_matsize) = 11000
     c(min_matsize) = 10
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(max_macrolen) = 4227143
        c(macrolen) = 645200                     (set maxvar)
         c(charlen) = 67783
      c(max_cmdlen) = 4227159
          c(cmdlen) = 645216                     (set maxvar)
     c(namelenbyte) = 128
     c(namelenchar) = 32
           c(eqlen) = 1337
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Numerical and string limits

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
       c(mindouble) = -8.9884656743e+307
       c(maxdouble) = 8.9884656743e+307
       c(epsdouble) = 2.22044604925e-16
  c(smallestdouble) = 2.2250738585e-308
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        c(minfloat) = -1.70141173319e+38
        c(maxfloat) = 1.70141173319e+38
        c(epsfloat) = 1.19209289551e-07
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(minlong) = -2147483647
         c(maxlong) = 2147483620
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
          c(minint) = -32767
          c(maxint) = 32740
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(minbyte) = -127
         c(maxbyte) = 100
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(maxstrvarlen) = 2045
   c(maxstrlvarlen) = 2000000000
    c(maxvlabellen) = 32000
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Current dataset

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
               c(N) = 74
               c(k) = 12
           c(width) = 43
         c(changed) = 0
        c(filename) = "/Applications/Sta.."
        c(filedate) = "13 Apr 2014 17:45"
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Memory settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
          c(memory) = 33554432
          c(maxvar) = 5000                       (set maxvar)
         c(matsize) = 400                        (set matsize)
        c(niceness) = 5                          (set min_memory)
      c(min_memory) = 0                          (set min_memory)
      c(max_memory) = .                          (set max_memory)
     c(segmentsize) = 33554432                   (set segmentsize)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Output settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
            c(more) = "on"                       (set more)
            c(rmsg) = "off"                      (set rmsg)
              c(dp) = "period"                   (set dp)
        c(linesize) = 81                         (set linesize)
        c(pagesize) = 23                         (set pagesize)
         c(logtype) = "smcl"                     (set logtype)
         c(noisily) = 1
         c(eolchar) = "unix"                     (set eolchar)
      c(notifyuser) = "on"                       (set notifyuser)
         c(playsnd) = "off"                      (set playsnd)
  c(include_bitmap) = "on"                       (set include_bitmap)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           c(level) = 95                         (set level)
          c(clevel) = 95                         (set clevel)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  c(showbaselevels) = ""                         (set showbaselevels)
  c(showemptycells) = ""                         (set showemptycells)
     c(showomitted) = ""                         (set showomitted)
         c(fvlabel) = "on"                       (set fvlabel)
          c(fvwrap) = 1                          (set fvwrap)
        c(fvwrapon) = "word"                     (set fvwrapon)
        c(lstretch) = ""                         (set lstretch)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(cformat) = ""                         (set cformat)
         c(sformat) = ""                         (set sformat)
         c(pformat) = ""                         (set pformat)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  c(coeftabresults) = "on"                       (set coeftabresults)

Interface settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      c(reventries) = 5000                       (set reventries)
     c(revkeyboard) = "on"                       (set revkeyboard)
     c(varkeyboard) = "on"                       (set varkeyboard)
     c(smoothfonts) = "on"                       (set smoothfonts)
         c(linegap) = 1                          (set linegap)
   c(scrollbufsize) = 204800                     (set scrollbufsize)
           c(maxdb) = 50                         (set maxdb)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Graphics settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        c(graphics) = "on"                       (set graphics)
          c(scheme) = "s2color"                  (set scheme)
      c(printcolor) = "automatic"                (set printcolor)
       c(copycolor) = "automatic"                (set copycolor)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Efficiency settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         c(adosize) = 1000                       (set adosize)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Network settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        c(checksum) = "off"                      (set checksum)
        c(timeout1) = 30                         (set timeout1)
        c(timeout2) = 180                        (set timeout2)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
       c(httpproxy) = "off"                      (set httpproxy)
   c(httpproxyhost) = ""                         (set httpproxyhost)
   c(httpproxyport) = 80                         (set httpproxyport)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   c(httpproxyauth) = "off"                      (set httpproxyauth)
   c(httpproxyuser) = ""                         (set httpproxyuser)
     c(httpproxypw) = ""                         (set httpproxypw)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Update settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    c(update_query) = "off"                      (set update_query)
 c(update_interval) = 7                          (set update_interval)
   c(update_prompt) = "on"                       (set update_prompt)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Trace (program debugging) settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           c(trace) = "off"                      (set trace)
      c(tracedepth) = 32000                      (set tracedepth)
        c(tracesep) = "on"                       (set tracesep)
     c(traceindent) = "on"                       (set traceindent)
     c(traceexpand) = "on"                       (set traceexpand)
     c(tracenumber) = "off"                      (set tracenumber)
     c(tracehilite) = ""                         (set tracehilite)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mata settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      c(matastrict) = "off"                      (set matastrict)
        c(matalnum) = "off"                      (set matalnum)
    c(mataoptimize) = "on"                       (set mataoptimize)
       c(matafavor) = "space"                    (set matafavor)
       c(matacache) = 2000                       (set matacache)
        c(matalibs) = "lmatabase;lmataad.."      (set matalibs)
     c(matamofirst) = "off"                      (set matamofirst)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Unicode settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
       c(locale_ui) = "nl_BE"                    (set locale_ui)
c(locale_functions) = "nl_BE"                    (set locale_functions)
  c(locale_icudflt) = "nl_BE"                    (unicode locale)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other settings

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
            c(type) = "float"                    (set type)
         c(maxiter) = 16000                      (set maxiter)
   c(searchdefault) = "all"                      (set searchdefault)
             c(rng) = "default"                  (set rng)
     c(rng_current) = "mt64"
        c(rngstate) = "XAA00000000000000.."      (set rngstate)
       c(varabbrev) = "on"                       (set varabbrev)
      c(emptycells) = "keep"                     (set emptycells)
         c(odbcmgr) = "iodbc"                    (set odbcmgr)
      c(odbcdriver) = "unicode"                  (set odbcdriver)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
              c(pi) = 3.141592653589793
           c(alpha) = "a b c d e f g h i.."
           c(ALPHA) = "A B C D E F G H I.."
            c(Mons) = "Jan Feb Mar Apr M.."
          c(Months) = "January February .."
           c(Wdays) = "Sun Mon Tue Wed T.."
        c(Weekdays) = "Sunday Monday Tue.."
              c(rc) = 0                          (capture)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bquistorff commented 7 years ago

It's odd that you manual mata commands find the file, but that the parallel_setstatapath() doesn't. The function that checks this is mata: parallel_setstatapath(). Can you confirm parallel version? Sometimes people have two mixed-up installs. Also, could you try calling the function directly mata: parallel_setstatapath("") to ensure it doesn't find the file. It looks like it should work given the code and what is in your creturn. If it's a permission thing, could you open a terminal look at the output of ls -l for both the package and longer stata-mp? Could you also see if you can call the full stata-mp from the terminal?

gvegayon commented 7 years ago

I'm kind of lost now, what does this mean? Is there anything I can do? I should be able to enable the root user if that's necessary.

Sorry, what I said before was wrong. As Brian points out, a 1 means that the file does exist. My reply had to do with, as I mentioned before, installing Stata with sudo... in that case fileexists was returning a 0. Can you try doing what Brian suggests?

Rubensavvy commented 7 years ago

I only know basic Terminal, but your suggestions allowed me to figure out the problem. I was still figuring out what I had to do before issuing the ls -l in Terminal, and after adding Stata to my path I still couldn't use the command in Terminal (I was following these instructions: http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/mac/advanced-topics/). Definitely something fishy there.

While playing around with setting different directories, I noticed I couldn't cd "/Application/Stata 14/StataMP.app/Contents/MacOS/". Didn't know if I should have been able to, but I remembered there is two Applications folders on a Mac: "MacIntosh HD/Applications" and "Users/usr/Applications". Everything application is in the first folder on my computer, so I moved Stata to the latter (and renamed the folder temporarily "SStata 14" to not get confused) and then everything seemed to work. I thought moving Stata, worked, so I renamed that folder "Stata 14" and then it didn't work anymore. Renaming it again to SStata 14 did the trick again. Then I checked if renaming the folder to SStata 14 in "MacIntosh HD/Applications" also did the trick and it did...

I am not sure why this works, but I'll happily take it as a solution to my problem. If it helps, here are some screenshots of the output when issuing "mata: parallel_setstatapath()". I am not sure what that means, but thought it might help you understand the problem. Thanks for your suggestions and helping me out. If there is anything I can do to further understand the problem, let me know.

mata_setpath2 mata_setpath