I figured this out finally, though I ran into a new issue.Resolution: The perforce client P4 (not P4v) has to be installed, and it was but it was not in the correct directory. P4 needs to be installed in your Applications on a Mac and that file needs to be made editable.
P4V stopped in MacOS - posted in P4V: Hi, I need help getting my Perforce visual client running again. I'm using P4 on Mac OS (Yosemite). I had to quit the. Helix Visual Client (P4V) is the desktop app that gives you easy access to your versioned files in Helix Core. Learn more about how the Perforce visual client can provide complete visibility and control over your digital assets.
You will also likely need to change your permissions for that file to allow system read/write access.To make the file executable once it is in the Applications directory from the command prompt navigate to your applications directory and type: chmod +x p4 Then you can find the file in finder and right click it, the click get info from the context menu. From there at the very bottom will be file permissions. I set them all to read/write. You could also do this from the command line by typing chmod 755 p4 I think but I am not great on the command line so use at your own risk.As far as your workspace is concerned that should be whatever your workspace is set to in P4V.At that point if you hit test connection inside Webstorm-preferences-perforce it should work or at least give you a new error with some more information.Mine was able to connect successfully but now when I try to update a file I get an error saying 'path '/users/my-path.'
Is not under the client's root '/users/my-path' even though the first path specified is clearly a child of the second path. Still working on this error.