New Macs – Unzip Omnis
Hi Mike
Have a try with Packages from Stefan Sudre.
Very capable installer app – and it’s for free.
Bo
På 24 juni 2017 kl. 14:34:22, Michael Mantkowski (michaelj@clientrax.com) skrev:
Thanks Bas,
I think this will lead me in the right direction. I did not know about the
“quarantine” options. That would explain why trying to work with the
“Locked” and “Read/Write” option have no effect.
I will try it.
I agree that the installer would be the best thing. But they are so
expensive. I don’t sell that many Mac programs and really just don’t want
to pay for it. : ) However, I would like the more professional workflow.
Mike,
Still looking at Studio 4.3.1 here. It works fine once you get rid of the
security issues. Want to move up to Studio 8 and probably will do so once
the next version is out of beta. I have already completed all the code
conversion for Unicode (I think – lol) so it’s ready to move…
Thanks,
Michael
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From: omnisdev-en [mailto:omnisdev-en-bounces@lists.omnis-dev.com] On Behalf
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Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 8:22 PM
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Subject: Re: New Macs – Unzip Omnis
Hey Michael,
This could be due to quarantining files. This is part of the gatekeeper
mechanism introduces in 10.9 and slowly becoming more and more stricter.
As downloading executables is the main vector for trojans and virusses and
stuff to be installed on peoples computers Apple is doing their bit to
combat this menace.
Whenever you download a zip file from the internet it gets earmarked.
Whenever you unzip that zipfile any executable files get marked as
quarantined.
If an application is properly code signed, and the OS can thus validate that
the application you just downloaded is sound and safe, the quarantine mark
is cleared and your application runs. It is possible only parts of the app
bundle get cleared, it all depends on what the modifications to the app
bundle are since it was code signed (I do believe Omnis code signs the base
application).
If this is indeed the case the best way is to use installers instead of zip
files, we use bitrock and then code sign the installer itself. Mac OS X
trusts the installer and therefor trusts whatever it installs.
You can however manually clear these earmarks (attributes) with the xattr
command.
Open up terminal and execute:
xattr yourapp.app
I think there is a recursive option in that command that allows you to see
if files within the app building have their own attributes. Note that many
attributes are harmless or even useful but the one to look out for is
com.apple.quarantine
You can clear an attribute with:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine yourapp.app Again use the recursive option
(probably -r) to clear out the attribute from files held within.
Cheers,
Bas
On 24/6/17 6:39 am, Michael Mantkowski wrote:
> For 20 years we installed our Omnis product on the Mac by Zipping Up a
complete folder containing our product and unzipping it into the
Applications Folder of a Mac Computer.
>
> The newest version of Mac OS however seems to be locking the files in some
way when they are Unzipped so that Omnis will not run. Get a few errors
about how it cannot access the icon files and things like that and then it
shuts down. I have tried resetting read write status of the folder and
files individually and cannot seem to get it to work. I am not even sure
what it thinks is wrong.
>
> What we have had to resort to is unzipping the program on an older OS
version and then copying it directly over the network to the local computer
or using a flash drive to move it. It then works fine.
>
> Does anyone know what the unzip process is doing that could account for
this?
>
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