Problems building Mac OSX standalone (mostly resolved)

Ken Ray kray at sonsothunder.com
Mon Jun 5 20:33:23 EDT 2006


On 6/5/06 1:19 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

> This is an OS X glitch, which does not update the file correctly after
> it has been created. My favorite method is to Get Info on your new app,
> click on the icon in the little box, and hit the delete key. They forces
> the Finder to update the file's appearance.
> 
> Another method is to zip the file, throw away the original, and then
> unzip. The Finder will update the icon when the app is decompressed.
> 
> A third method is to issue an AppleScript command. The command is
> "update" and you provide a file path.
> 
> I usually use method #1 which is by far the easiest.

I use Path Finder as a Finder substitute (www.cocoatech.com) and it has a
contextual menu item called "Touch" which will do the same thing...


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com





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