Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

[Richard Gaskin]

William Prothero wrote:


 > Folks:
 > Livecode 9.0.2 business Mac OSX 10.14.2
 >
 > I cant figure this out. Im having problems with LiveCode Plugins
 > writing prefs to the Plugins folder on my Mac. None of the prefs
 > for the extensions are able to update. At first, I thought it was
 > a problem with 4WDevolution, but now its with Navigator and wont
 > install Hermanns Turnimage extension. The prefs files (not TurnImage,
 > which throws an error) show up in the extensions folder with a ~
 > after them, indicating its a temporary file with 0 bytes and that
 > the save has failed. So I can see that there is an attempt to write
 > the prefs file in the correct place, but replacing the older file
 > with the new file fails.r
 >
 > Ive got bitDefender and CleanMyMac. However, I can write, and
 > update test data, with a livecode script, to the Plugins folder so
 > I am really stuck and out of ideas.
 >
 > This is very puzzling. Has anybody else seen this behavior?

I haven't, but I'm sure we can solve it.

What is the full path to your Plugins folder?

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