Trying to delete a Mac application
J. Landman Gay
jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Fri Jan 5 16:13:13 EST 2018
OS X locked down the Application folder a while back. I haven't changed the
permissions so it still asks for authorization when I try to remove an app.
This will vary by user. But also, when you delete an app, you are the user
that may have permission, but when the app does it, I don't think you're
the user any more, the app is, and it may not have permissions to alter
that folder.
I don't know if the applescript will work but it's worth a try.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On January 5, 2018 2:25:28 PM Graham Samuel via use-livecode
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Thanks to Klaus and Ken, I know how to address the Mac Applications folder.
> But when I try to delete an app (which I take to be a folder of the form
> xxx.app) by script, I get a result “can’t delete that file”. But as a user
> -admittedly with admin privileges - I can move any app into the trash.
>
> What am doing wrong?
>
> Graham
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