[G0Ducks]

So, I downloaded and installed the update, but I forgot to put my apps back where they should go. The installer put the updated files in the default location, however, they are smaller and without the icon (and not functional.) Unfortunately, my brain fell out and I replaced my actual Address Book app with the smaller useless one and now I am not sure how to get a working version of it back!

Sorry if this is in the wrong thread
Please help,

R
me@ryanclarkdesign.com

[tooki]

The easiest thing would be to have somebody email you the updated version of the app.

tooki

[chris v]

Or, delete the non-functional updated apps, put the older versions back where they're supposed to go, delete the receipt, (/Library/Receipts) and run the installer again.

[tooki]

He already said that he accidentally obliterated the old (working) version altogether.

tooki

[G0Ducks]

Originally posted by tooki:
The easiest thing would be to have somebody email you the updated version of the app.

tooki

Any takers?

My email is above!

Thanks,

R

[d4nth3m4n]

use pacifist to extract the app from the install disks.

[X-Ti]

Go to Apple's site and download the combo updater, delete the unusable apps and then install the combo updater.

[alphasubzero949]

Why do people insist on moving applications around?

Anyway, the safest route would be to archive and install your system and re-apply the updates. You won't lose your current 3rd party apps or items in your user folder, but you'll definitely need to re-install apps that required installers (if you don't feel like doing side-by-side comparisons of your old and new /Library folders).


Next time, leave the Apple apps where Apple put them. If you need to organize your apps, make aliases of them and stick the folder in the dock.

[TETENAL]

Originally posted by alphasubzero949:
Why do people insist on moving applications around?

Why does Apple insist on not looking for moved apps, when the Installer has that feature?

[Laurence]

I believe that Apple does not look in other locations for the apps because they want to stop people from moving the apps. There is absolutely no reason to move any apps out of the applications directory.

I have had many of our customers call in for tech support because some app is not working properly on Windows and/or Mac and 50% of the time it is because they have dragged the application to the desktop. This will kill most of the Macromedia and Adobe apps as they look for their plugins/resources in a path relative to the apps current location. I realize that with Apple's package system this should not be an issue, but it is just an inherently bad idea to move things that you did not create yourself. Ideally in a future version of the Mac OS the System, Library, Applications and /Users directories would be hidden from the user by default. When you opened your HD you would just see your home directory and an applications directory within your home directory that contained aliases to the real/hidded applications directory.

[TETENAL]

Originally posted by Laurence:
There is absolutely no reason to move any apps out of the applications directory.

There may be few reasons to move apps out of the Applications folder, but there are good reasons to organise applications in subfolders within the Applications folder. Apple ought to look for them and update them properly. There's no excuse for the updater to create unusable garbage if an application has been moved.

I have had many of our customers call in for tech support because some app is not working properly on Windows and/or Mac and 50% of the time it is because they have dragged the application to the desktop. This will kill most of the Macromedia and Adobe apps as they look for their plugins/resources in a path relative to the apps current location.

Those are bugs. The own folder is really not the right place for plug-ins or even essential application ressources in OS X. Don't blame the user for Adobe's laziness or lack of understanding of OS X.