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I have support files for my application that need to be installed in the user home /Library/Application Support/ directory. What's the best/preferred way of installing files into directories in the users home folder? Thanks in advance.

I take an interesting approach which also satisfies our power users (that hate installers and like to have full control). Download and check out the shell scripts in the G-Force installer: http://www.soundspectrum.com/g-force/ Basically, a folder alongside the .pkg contains all the installation files (so that running the installer isn't a requirement). My only beef is with the number bad/buggy installer problems Apple has left behind in 10.2 and 10.3. For this reason, I have my installer require authentication even though it doesn't actually need it (in 10.2 and 10.3 there are known issues where the installer would fail properly if it wasn't authenticated). AFAIK, there's still a problem with the 10.2.8 installer where if the package isn't on the Mac OS X startup volume, the installation fails. Andy _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com