# Unable to provision site on MacOs

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-provision-site-on-macos/41374>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** mac\
**Created:** [February 14, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-provision-site-on-macos/41374 "2024-02-14T16:07:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Gino](https://community.localwp.com/u/Gino)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-provision-site-on-macos/41374/1 "2024-02-14T16:07:34Z")

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### when I try to create a new site I get this error: local ran into a problem when trying to update the hosts file

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### System Details

- **Local Version: 8.2.1**

- \*\*MacOs Monterey  

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-provision-site-on-macos/41374/2 "2024-02-14T16:10:52Z")

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Hi @Gino

Do you have Rosetta installed?

Rosetta 2 is required for Local’s Apple Silicon build due to the Nginx and MySQL Lighting Services compiled on the Intel architecture. We do plan to have a Local release out in the future that will drop this dependency but for now it is necessary.

You can install Rosetta by opening up a terminal window and using this command:

`softwareupdate --install-rosetta`

Others have found this doc to be helpful:

> **[How to Install Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon Macs](https://osxdaily.com/2020/12/04/how-install-rosetta-2-apple-silicon-mac/)**
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> Rosetta 2 is necessary if you want to be able to run older non-native Intel x86 apps on new Apple Silicon Macs, like the M1 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or Mac mini. Curiously, Rosetta 2 is not instal…

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-provision-site-on-macos/41374/3 "2024-05-14T16:11:38Z")

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