Re: Guidelines for talking about Xcode 2.5 on this list
Re: Guidelines for talking about Xcode 2.5 on this list
- Subject: Re: Guidelines for talking about Xcode 2.5 on this list
- From: Laurence Harris <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:30:46 -0400
On Aug 23, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Rosyna wrote:
I'd have to strongly disagree with that remark about SetFile.
Apple's own support article tell end users to run it.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305402
Yes, they're actually suggesting that end users download the Xcode
tools (at 924megs and needs an ADC account..), install them, and
run a simple command with SetFile.
So it looks to me as if SetFile has moved to "end user" command
line tool.
(And yes, that's an example of an absolutely horrid kbase article
by Apple, they should have just written a one-off tool and included
it as a download).
There was a time when no one at Apple would even suggest something
like this. Today, Apple has clearly lost its way. In many ways the
user-friendliness of the Mac -- especially when there's a problem --
has been lost in the transition to another OS that's based on Unix,
and it's clear that there are too many people at Apple who just don't
get it nowadays. The notion of asking normal users to download 924MB
of developer tools so they can execute a single command in Terminal
(which no normal Mac user should ever need to use -- ever) is about
the most absurd thing I've heard in a long, long time. Nope, too many
people at Apple just don't get it.
Larry
Ack, at 8/23/07, Scott Tooker said:
Also for GetFileInfo and SetFile.
I don't think you'll see those tools move to the base install of
Mac OS X since they are considered developer tools.
--
Sincerely,
Rosyna Keller
Technical Support/Carbon troll/Always needs a hug
Unsanity: Unsane Tools for Insanely Great People
It's either this, or imagining Phil Schiller in a thong.
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