> On 15. Sep 2022, at 3:52, Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 07.09.22 23:33, Ludvík Michálek wrote:
>> Update: I found the cause of the issue, finally (thanks Stan).
>>
>> 1) I've created a git repository where I saved "default" preferences created
>> by fresh install of NB
>
> nice! i used to do that too for my whole etc folder once to debug OS issues.
>
>> 2) next, I overwrote those preferences with the backup of my previous
>> preferences
>> 3) I compared the commits / made diff on the files and then went
>> step-by-step and replaced/reverted the files
>>
>> Finally I found the single one that caused the problem:
>>
>> File:
>> /Library/Application
>> Support/NetBeans/15/config/Preferences/org/netbeans/modules/masterfs/ui.properties
>>
>> This file contains single line:
>> org.netbeans.io.suspend=1
>>
>> I have changed the value from 1 to 0 and it works, while keeping all my
>> previous preferences! So all my issues were just caused by this single
>> boolean value. I don't understand which process and under which
>> circumstances writes this value, but definitely the Scan for external
>> changes was heavily affected by this, although the UI option seemed to be
>> enabled.
>
> fyi: this property is set by the second button next to the memory graph in
> the tool bar ("Pause I/O Checks"). And it will indeed stop netbeans from
> listening to external file changes as long its enabled.
Interesting - I don't use the NB internal debugger for my projects, I must have
run it accidentally, but I don't realize that I would click the Pause I/O
button - maybe some accidental keyboard shortcut? Anyway, now I know how to fix
it in the future :-) Thanks for this hint! :-)
> good that you found the issue :)
>
> -mbien
>
>>
>> Hope this helps anyone in the future.
>>
>> Thanks everyone,
>>
>> Ludvik
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 7. Sep 2022, at 22:17, Ludvík Michálek <konfere...@bigfoot.cz> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks to all of you that responded today (Alexander, Rtherman59), thanks
>>> for your tips!
>>>
>>> Finally, the tip below from Stan helped and saved me!
>>>
>>> I can't believe I forgot such simple thing like removing/moving preferences
>>> - the thing I always recommend to others :) This helped perfectly, although
>>> I will have to explore how to get most of my previous preferences back,
>>> since I really miss them - I've been importing them since v6, year by year..
>>>
>>> THANKS again, you saved my day(s)!
>>>
>>> Have a great day everyone,
>>>
>>> Ludvik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 7. Sep 2022, at 14:30, Giles Winstanley <s...@snaq.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One thing I've noticed over the last few NB releases (on macOS) is that
>>>> it's been very haphazard/flaky at reliably working after importing
>>>> settings from a previous version. On both NB14/15 I've had to start over
>>>> with a fresh/blank preferences folder for it to work reliably (and this
>>>> even without any non-standard plugins). Whether this has any bearing on
>>>> your situation I don't know, but that would be my first thing to try, and
>>>> one you don't mention in your list of things you've already tried.
>>>>
>>>> Simplest thing would be to rename the existing folder
>>>> ($HOME/Library/Application Support/NetBeans/15) to something else (e.g.
>>>> "15-old") while NB is closed, then reopen. It should essentially start
>>>> from scratch; see if that works. If no change then you can revert to the
>>>> old settings.
>>>>
>>>> Stan
>>>>
>>>> On 07/09/2022 12:16, Ludvík Michálek wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I have issue with NB suddenly stopped seeing external changes to files. I
>>>>> am using this feature since NB 6/7 (or so) and it has been working well
>>>>> all the time.
>>>>> Suddenly, it stopped working. I have suspicion that it is related to
>>>>> updating the JDK recently.
>>>>> I am using the feature together with remote-upload feature of project,
>>>>> but it does not work even without remote upload.
>>>>> Before, when I created a file or folder in Finder, NetBeans automatically
>>>>> refreshed and showed the changes in the Project/Files tree.
>>>>> Now I have to run the "Scan for external changes" menu command all the
>>>>> time, which completely wastes my workflow, because I use external
>>>>> watchers (webpack or gulp) to build the project and then rely on NetBeans
>>>>> to upload the changes to remote server.
>>>>> I have tried almost everything, googled whole day but found no solution,
>>>>> nothing helped:
>>>>> * creating another, clean project
>>>>> * reinstalling NB, updating from version 14 to 15
>>>>> * uninstalling and reinstalling JRE
>>>>> * uninstalling and reinstalling JDK
>>>>> * checking permissions
>>>>> * enabling Security>Accessibilty and Security>Full-disk access to
>>>>> NetBeans and java processes
>>>>> * re-enabling "Miscellaneous > Files > Enable auto-scanning of
>>>>> sources" option in Options
>>>>> * restarting NB
>>>>> * restarting Mac
>>>>> * .. everything above in different order, several times :(
>>>>> My configuration:
>>>>> ================
>>>>> - JDK version installed: jdk-18.0.2.1.jdk
>>>>> - JRE version: build 1.8.0_341-b10
>>>>> - OS: Mac OS 12.5.1 Monterey, Intel x64
>>>>> Any idea, anyone?
>>>>> Thanks for help,
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ludvík Michálek
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