Short answer: move the app out of the Downloads folder Long answer:
In testing, I see this is happening if you run the app form the Downloads folder. The OS keeps track of downloaded binaries and auto-sandboxes them, apparently, by opening them within a temporary image somwhere. When Pd starts up, sys_libdir is set using the current working directory and picks up this temp location. sys_libdir is then used to generate the paths in the About file. When you move the .app somewhere else, this sandboxing no longer happens and the About paths look correct. > On Sep 26, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Dan Wilcox <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's probably app sandboxing: "An app distributed outside the Mac App Store > runs from a randomized path when it is launched..." > > from http://krypted.com/mac-security/app-translocation-services-os-x-10-12/ > <http://krypted.com/mac-security/app-translocation-services-os-x-10-12/> > > Funny that the strings loaded for the text file are changed, though. > >> On Sep 26, 2018, at 12:00 PM, [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Just found the following very perplexing directories listed by Pd’s “About >> Pd” window. I re-downloaded 0.48-2 and saw a similar listing. The paths are >> accurate and can be navigated in the terminal. This appears to be the result >> of macOS AppTranslocation, and probably a headache to deal with, but I can’t >> imagine that this display is useful to users in its current state: >> >> Pd 0.49.0 >> >> A real-time graphical programming environment for live interactive >> computer music, Pd works on Linux, Apple macOS, and Microsoft Windows. >> >> Pd is copyrighted, but is free for you to use for any reasonable purpose. >> See the file: >> >> /private/var/folders/d7/m7ff94zn5tb7x7m7f_t4mkg40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/5F6B8661-189B-4614-B1FA-B54185D21D65/d/Pd-0.49-0.app/Contents/Resources/LICENSE.txt >> >> Reference documentation for Pd lives in: >> >> /private/var/folders/d7/m7ff94zn5tb7x7m7f_t4mkg40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/5F6B8661-189B-4614-B1FA-B54185D21D65/d/Pd-0.49-0.app/Contents/Resources/doc/1.manual/index.htm >> or online: >> http://msp.ucsd.edu/Pd_documentation/ >> <http://msp.ucsd.edu/Pd_documentation/> > -------- > Dan Wilcox > @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> > danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> > robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> > > > -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
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