"Maybe try this: Create a new folder "Rising World" under "Applications" and put the launcher there. Then try to launch it. Do you still run into this issue?"
That worked !
If I were a little more "computer literate" I probably would have figured that out for myself .....
Anyway I appreciate the help, and am looking forward to whatever the future holds for Rising World, and fyi the standalone version loads a lot quicker than the steam version, at least on my machine.
Thanks again 
Thanks for the quick response.
Still no joy. I have tried both launchers for mac listed on that page and I'm getting the same error message.
Not the end of the world, as I have the Steam version which I have been playing off and on for several years. Bought the standalone in the hopes that it might load up quicker than the Steam version which seems to take forever to load, and to show support for for the developers who have done a great job supporting this title.
Error Message:
"Unable to create dirs (20)"
Thanks
