macOS Mojave (10.14.6), first time running Squeak file. Steps to reproduce:1. Download Squeak dmg file to Downloads folder.2. Double-click on downloaded dmg file. http://forum.world.st/file/t370088/Screen_Shot_2019-09-20_at_09.png
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Did you try moving your download into a much shorter path before starting the VM?
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Mark,
I'm not a Mac person, but when I've seen my students get this error it is usually because they managed to start Squeak more than once and the first instance has a write lock on the file. Also, since you can just uncompress the file and put it anywhere, you might want to move it somewhere with a shorter path. You may or may not also need to authorize the software to run. I don't recall which OSes I saw that on, but Macs, Windows Surface, guest logins, etc. all tend to have more restrictive controls concerning software not installed from their App Stores. I'm not familiar enough with any of them to guess if this is some weird artifact of that.
You could try checking your process/application list to see if it looks like squeak is running more than once. You can also try exiting the application and rebooting. When you start the application, be extra caustious to insure you don't click on it too many times.
Robert Kuropkat
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:19:40 -0500 (CDT) MarkW607 wallace@acm.org wrote:
macOS Mojave (10.14.6), first time running Squeak file. Steps to reproduce:1. Download Squeak dmg file to Downloads folder.2. Double-click on downloaded dmg file. http://forum.world.st/file/t370088/Screen_Shot_2019-09-20_at_09.png
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Once you open the dmg file you need to first drag the application out and put it in your applications folder. Don't run Squeak in place. With squeak in the Applications folder you should be able to dismount the DMG and run the application without the error.
All the best,
Ron Teitelbaum
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:45 AM Robert Kuropkat robert@kuropkat.com wrote:
Mark,
I'm not a Mac person, but when I've seen my students get this error it is usually because they managed to start Squeak more than once and the first instance has a write lock on the file. Also, since you can just uncompress the file and put it anywhere, you might want to move it somewhere with a shorter path. You may or may not also need to authorize the software to run. I don't recall which OSes I saw that on, but Macs, Windows Surface, guest logins, etc. all tend to have more restrictive controls concerning software not installed from their App Stores. I'm not familiar enough with any of them to guess if this is some weird artifact of that.
You could try checking your process/application list to see if it looks like squeak is running more than once. You can also try exiting the application and rebooting. When you start the application, be extra caustious to insure you don't click on it too many times.
Robert Kuropkat
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:19:40 -0500 (CDT) MarkW607 wallace@acm.org wrote:
macOS Mojave (10.14.6), first time running Squeak file. Steps to reproduce:1. Download Squeak dmg file to Downloads folder.2. Double-click on downloaded dmg file. http://forum.world.st/file/t370088/Screen_Shot_2019-09-20_at_09.png
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Hi
On 20.09.2019, at 18:04, Ron Teitelbaum ron@usmedrec.com wrote:
Once you open the dmg file you need to first drag the application out and put it in your applications folder. Don't run Squeak in place. With squeak in the Applications folder you should be able to dismount the DMG and run the application without the error.
All the best,
Ron Teitelbaum
Ron is right. You MUST move the .app (anywhere but the Downloads folder). Apple got really fussy about downloaded files.
Best regards -Tobias
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:45 AM Robert Kuropkat robert@kuropkat.com wrote: Mark,
I'm not a Mac person, but when I've seen my students get this error it is usually because they managed to start Squeak more than once and the first instance has a write lock on the file. Also, since you can just uncompress the file and put it anywhere, you might want to move it somewhere with a shorter path. You may or may not also need to authorize the software to run. I don't recall which OSes I saw that on, but Macs, Windows Surface, guest logins, etc. all tend to have more restrictive controls concerning software not installed from their App Stores. I'm not familiar enough with any of them to guess if this is some weird artifact of that.
You could try checking your process/application list to see if it looks like squeak is running more than once. You can also try exiting the application and rebooting. When you start the application, be extra caustious to insure you don't click on it too many times.
Robert Kuropkat
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:19:40 -0500 (CDT) MarkW607 wallace@acm.org wrote:
macOS Mojave (10.14.6), first time running Squeak file. Steps to reproduce:1. Download Squeak dmg file to Downloads folder.2. Double-click on downloaded dmg file. http://forum.world.st/file/t370088/Screen_Shot_2019-09-20_at_09.png
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What seems to have worked is:
1. Move the dmg file from Downloads to Applications. 2. Open the dmg file (double-click). 3. Drag the revealed application back into Applications.
(Note: It did not work to skip step 1 and open the dmg file in Downloads, then drag the revealed application into Applications. That caused an *alias* to the application to be created in Applications and, when ran, the same "cannot write ..." error.)
Thanks to all for your suggestions,
Mark
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Dear Mark
On 22.09.2019, at 22:04, MarkW607 wallace@acm.org wrote:
What seems to have worked is:
- Move the dmg file from Downloads to Applications.
- Open the dmg file (double-click).
- Drag the revealed application back into Applications.
(Note: It did not work to skip step 1 and open the dmg file in Downloads, then drag the revealed application into Applications. That caused an *alias* to the application to be created in Applications and, when ran, the same "cannot write ..." error.)
Thank you for the report. macOS really makes it hard nowadays to run things :( Good you found a way!
Best regards -Tobias
Thanks to all for your suggestions,
Mark
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