On Nov 8, 10:12 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:03 PM, xairbusdriver <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 8, 9:38 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It looks at whatever application is associated with > > > com.growl.growlhelperapp as far as I know. > > > That's probably correct. That would explain why I get a dialog saying > > I "can't open the application...because it may be damaged or > > incomplete. I get that dialog when I click the GrowlHelperApp in > > LaunchPad (I've used that app more in the last 12 hours than in the > > four months I've had Lion! LOL! What a piece of junk!). What's > > actually 'damaged' or 'incomplete' is the actual Growl.app. DUH! > > Try clicking + holding GrowlHelperApp in Launchpad, and then clicking the X > to remove it. Then relaunch the app store app. > > Chris
Alas, there was no "x" on the 'shaking' GrowlHelper.app. And, of course, there was no "Growl.app" there, either. However, I disconnected my external drive before starting the Mac, this morning. Opened the App Store and found a different display of 'installed' apps (as if all CSS was turned off!). All the previous "Installed" labels/buttons now said "Install"! I clicked the Growl link and the same "Install" button appeared under its icon. A simple click called up my Apple ID info request and the app actually downloaded and installed. It's now in the Applications folder, just like it is supposed to be. It also appears in the ridiculously uncontrollable Launch Pad screen (#3) along with the GrowlHelper.app. Only conclusion is that the App Store couldn't find the data it normally looked for. I made an extended effort to remove all traces of Growl, including plists, Application Support files, etc. before Shutdown last night. I had found a new plist (InstalledHistory.plist) in the Library/ Receipts directory yesterday. But I did nothing more than read a copy of that file, no editing, re-saving, etc. And, yet, today, the Store shows every app I've ever bought as available for re-downloading! And the display is much different/basic. I really suspect that Apple has made some modifications to the App Store "app" (which I suspect is nothing more than an dynamic html page with connections to certain OS system frameworks and the back end database on Apple's servers. Oh well, all I know for sure is that I was able to get Growl back on my drive! Now, will it stay there through a Restart with the external dive attached?! ;-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
