Re: SUMMARY: Applets Won't Run... Is This a Bug or a Feature?
Re: SUMMARY: Applets Won't Run... Is This a Bug or a Feature?
- Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Applets Won't Run... Is This a Bug or a Feature?
- From: Mark Douma <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 21:26:15 -0500
On Feb 03, 2004, at 5:34 PM, Andrew wrote:
It looks like the Security Update selectively changed the owner of all
of my
applets to "System." It also changed something else that made the
applets
non-functional.
My guess is that the executable bits of these applets may have been
lost. Panther is significantly different in this respect than all prior
versions of OS X (I believe anyway). In Panther, single-file, dual-fork
applications must have the executable bits set: "-rwxr-xr-x" for
example. For package-type applications, any Mach-O or PEF executables
(usually in AppName.app/Contents/MacOS/AppName) must also have their
executable bit set. Since these files have no file type, creator code
or filename extension, yet have their executable bits set, they are
said to be "Unix Executable Files".
Without the executable bits set, the applets (or applications) will
seem to launch for a second and then disappear out of the dock without
any error message.
In addition, I have found that several data files have been linked to
the
default apps instead of the apps that I've set them for in the Get Info
Pane.
Sounds like your
/Users/~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist file lost
some of its settings.
Hope this helps....
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