Re: How to distribute an app: Installer or original file
Re: How to distribute an app: Installer or original file
- Subject: Re: How to distribute an app: Installer or original file
- From: Uli Kusterer <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:53:29 +0100
On 22.11.2009, at 19:26, Matthias Arndt wrote:
> For the last year I develop a hobby solution, which consists of a stand-alone application, a QuickLook and a Spotlight plugin. While the app is shareware, the plugin can be used for free. Currently I distribute all of them as three single files: dummy.app, dummy.qlgenerator, dummy.mdimporter and provide installation instruction where to place these files.
You can put your Quicklook and Spotlight plugins inside your application package, IIRC. Something like MyApp.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/ or something like that. The OS will automatically pick up the plugins from there (check the docs for the requisite plugins).
Only disadvantage: Spotlight holds on to your plugin very often, so if you embed them in your app, the user may trash it and get an error message like "MyApp couldn't be deleted because MyAppImporter.mdplugin is in use", so make sure you use a name where people who know a tad more can realize it's Spotlight's fault.
Cheers,
-- Uli Kusterer
"The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..."
http://www.zathras.de
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