Unable to update Android Studio (MacOS: 14.2.1 (23C71))

For the past few AS updates, I have been unable to apply the update directly from Toolbox. The solution was to always uninstall and reinstall as mention in this post "How to update a tool if "The installation path is not writable" error is shown?". I have also tried the second solution which is to make the directory readable. The third solution (provided in the comments) is to allow FULL disk access to Toolbox, which seems to work for others but I haven't tried it, as I am uncomfortable for obvious reasons.

At first I had all tools installed to the Application folder, and I assumed Toolbox had limited access to that folder. As a result I install my Toolbox apps to a specific dev directory. As you can see from my screen shots below, I am still unable to update AS but I am able to update Fleet.

Installed in same Directory:

Confirmation of Installation Path AS (1):

Confirmation of Installation Path Fleet (2):

Updates to apply:

Error message:

From the reported error, clearly it shouldn't be the case where one tool can be updated but the other cannot due to path “not writable”.
As I assume no further suggestions beyond the ones already provided in the link, exist, this is simply me 'reporting' the error. However, I'm still open to any further suggestions.