Re: How does LaunchServices decide which version of an app to open?
Re: How does LaunchServices decide which version of an app to open?
- Subject: Re: How does LaunchServices decide which version of an app to open?
- From: Fritz Anderson <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:18:25 -0600
On 11 Nov 2011, at 3:12 PM, Eric Wing wrote:
> I am trying to understand how Mac (I'm running Lion) decides which
> version to launch. I am puzzled because it doesn't go to the oldest,
> it doesn't go to the newest, and it doesn't go to the last recently
> used. (If it is already open, it always goes to the open one which is
> the only thing I've figured out.)
>
> Our CFBundleVersion is pretty simple. We just have Year.BuildNumber,
> e.g. 2011.670
>
> Can somebody explain what the process is? And is there a way either
> end users can control which one gets invoked (without deleting all the
> other versions) or a way I can at least bias the process so it opens
> either the most recent version or perhaps my designated blessed stable
> version?
You've actually stated the answer yourself, but you're hoping too much that it's not the answer: It's indeterminate. I periodically have to strangle testers who don't delete/zip previous versions.
— F
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