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install app on a mac

Post by fredigertsch » Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:45 pm

Hi there
I develop on windows the app colormixer. When i give the app my son - he works on a mac - and he doubleclick on the colormixer.app (folder by me in windows), then nothing happen. What goes wrong? Thanks.

Best, Fredi

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Re: install app on a mac

Post by jmburnod » Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:48 pm

Hi Fredi,

Can you put the stack in attachment ?

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Re: install app on a mac

Post by fredigertsch » Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:01 pm

Hi Jean-Marc

Here is the stack.

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Re: install app on a mac

Post by Janschenkel » Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:04 pm

Try zipping the .app before copying it over to your son's Mac.

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Re: install app on a mac

Post by Klaus » Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:08 pm

Hi Fredi,

you build a standalone for Mac on Windows and that does not work on a Mac?

Try to ZIP that "folder" first before transferring it to your sons Mac!
Then he needs to unZIP it first (just a doubleclick on a Mac :)) and
then the APP should be working.

There is a technical reason behind this, that I still don't understand completely,
(an executable bit does and cannot be set on Windows, but the MacOS will do this
when unZIPping that file! Or so... :D) that mostly works.


Best

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Re: install app on a mac

Post by fredigertsch » Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:17 pm

Thanks, i will get a try.

Fredi

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