Pd isn’t in the Downloads folder, however. It’s where I’ve always kept my versions of Pd, in /Applications/Pd/
> On Sep 26, 2018, at 4:35 AM, Dan Wilcox <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] >> <mailto:[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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