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software update doesn't like when i move iphoto...
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i just upgraded to iphoto 2.0 via the software update tool. it gets installed by default in the root of my Applications folder, and i'm not given any other option.
i don't want it there, but if i move it to a subfolder software update fails to find it and tells me the iphoto update is once again available.
shouldn't it base software installation on something much more reliable than location? ie: package management?
anyway...am i just stuck with iphoto in my applications root if i don't want software update to keep telling me it's available? i don't want to ignore the update because when a new one really is available i'd like to upgrade.
btw i searched for this and came up empty.
thanks,
andrew davidoff
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Word of advice ...
1. Leave all Apple applications in their default locations. Life will be sooooo much easier for you.
2. If you insist on moving Apple applications from their default locations, be sure to move them back before performing a Software Update. You can then move them back to your location of choice after the update has been performed.
Personally, I go with option 1 because the alternative is too much of a hassle. I don't see this pressing need to move the applications from their default locations when you can just as easily create a folder with aliases to the real apps and organize that folder any way you want. That way, you have a folder that can be used to launch apps organized however you wish ... and you leave the applications in their default locations which ensures that Software Update can do its thing reliably. Just my 2 cents ...
OAW
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Originally posted by OAW:
Word of advice ...
1. Leave all Apple applications in their default locations. Life will be sooooo much easier for you.
2. If you insist on moving Apple applications from their default locations, be sure to move them back before performing a Software Update. You can then move them back to your location of choice after the update has been performed.
Personally, I go with option 1 because the alternative is too much of a hassle. I don't see this pressing need to move the applications from their default locations when you can just as easily create a folder with aliases to the real apps and organize that folder any way you want. That way, you have a folder that can be used to launch apps organized however you wish ... and you leave the applications in their default locations which ensures that Software Update can do its thing reliably. Just my 2 cents ...
OAW
yeah, but if i have to create an alias in place of the app, i might as well just leave the app there. i just don't like the idea that i can't organize my applications how i'd like. it'd be preferable if apple offered me the option of pointing to an install point.
my experience so far with 10.3.x .apps is that i can put them wherever i want and they just work (since they're directory structures with the core files in them anyway, from what i can tell). it hasn't caused any problems yet (assuming i haven't already configured pathing that breaks when the apps move, etc).
oh well...i guess i'll just deal. i don't think it's going to kill me. well, i'd be surprised if i died because of it.
andrew davidoff
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Yeah what I have done is created an entire partition for my applications. In there go all apps that don't require that they be located in the Mac OS X boot partition's Appliations folder. Then, I just add aliases to my Applications partition, one for every file in the Mac OS X boot partition's Appliations folder. This way, all my apps "seem" to be in one place.
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That's crazy - the Apple installer has since 10.2 allowed packages to use LaunchServices to find the original app, even if it's not in the Applications folder in its default location. I wonder why the iPhoto 2 installer doesn't do this.
Then again, iPhoto 2 was released quite a while ago...
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Originally posted by CharlesS:
That's crazy - the Apple installer has since 10.2 allowed packages to use LaunchServices to find the original app, even if it's not in the Applications folder in its default location. I wonder why the iPhoto 2 installer doesn't do this.
Then again, iPhoto 2 was released quite a while ago...
well, i just reinstalled 10.3.x over the weekend...and yes, iphoto is the only app that seems to have this problem.
thanks for the suggestions, all.
andrew davidoff
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