"The problem with the App Store updates may be rooted in the store's use of Spotlight to locate installed applications. In order for the store to locate the applications, the Spotlight index needs to be working properly."
Mac App Store updates not working http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20050796-263.html On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Chris Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > Ya so MAS is *really* aggressive here, I think due to the fact that in OS > X an application is a bundle, and you can put a bundle anywhere. They had > to account for that. > > Unfortunately you run into issues like this. > > I think what you could probably do is whenever you want to upgrade > something that's in the MAS (not just Growl), you could just detach your > external drives and that'll take care of it. It would be interesting to see > if what you did with Spotlight helps here, but I think it's actually > something else that affects it and not spotlight. > > -- > Chris Forsythe > > On Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 9:58 AM, xairbusdriver wrote: > > After two Restarts (with external drive connected and one without) the > App Store is back to reporting Growl as "Installed" and not allowing > re-downloading. To me this implies that with any traces of any Growl > resources on the drive, it is simply not available for another > download. > > Just for grins, I edited the Spotlight prefers to *not* include the > external partitions in its index (although I have not yet deleted the > current index). That may or may not affect the 're-install' > availability. > > At least I can feel confident that Growl is correctly installed. it is > still in the Menu Bar and the Applications folder. > > The InstallHistory.plist shows an entry for the date/time I re- > downloaded "Growl" but the older download/install data remains. I have > no idea of how long data might remain in that file or if it is ever > 'cleared' of old info. > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- ---- Charlie Schloss Grab Opera the fastest browser on earth @ http://my.opera.com/community/download.pl?ref=Chas4&p=opera_desktop Why Open the Web? Despite the connecting purpose of the Web, it is not entirely open to all of its users. When used correctly, HTML documents can be displayed across platforms and devices. However, many devices are excluded access to Web content. http://my.opera.com/community/openweb/info/ -- 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.
