vade

I just noticed something potentially annoying about the .pkg 

installer for OS X. If one moves the MaxMSP 4.6 folder to a location 

other than its default, the installer will not update the files in 

the new location. I organize my applications folder with subfolders, 

and noticed I had two 4.6 installs, due to updating to 4.6.2, which 

Im not sure what the official word is from Apple on how this all 

should work, as some Apple application installers work properly when 

moved from the default, and others do not. Is this possible to 

implement? Not a huge deal, but it caught me by surprise, and it 

I just noticed something potentially annoying about the .pkg  
installer for OS X. If one moves the MaxMSP 4.6 folder to a location  
other than its default, the installer will not update the files in  
the new location. I organize my applications folder with subfolders,  
and noticed I had two 4.6 installs, due to updating to 4.6.2, which  
threw a new folder in to /Applications.

Im not sure what the official word is from Apple on how this all  
should work, as some Apple application installers work properly when  
moved from the default, and others do not. Is this possible to  
implement? Not a huge deal, but it caught me by surprise, and it  
would be nice if it could do it.

os-x-installer-annoyance

> I organize my applications folder with subfolders, and noticed I 

> had two 4.6 installs, due to updating to 4.6.2, which threw a new 

This is actually the behaviour I want, at least some of the time - if 

I have an old installation of Max/MSP which I've explicitly renamed, 

I don't want the installer to update it (especially if installing a 

nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- 

> I organize my applications folder with subfolders, and noticed I  
> had two 4.6 installs, due to updating to 4.6.2, which threw a new  
> folder in to /Applications.

This is actually the behaviour I want, at least some of the time - if  
I have an old installation of Max/MSP which I've explicitly renamed,  
I don't want the installer to update it (especially if installing a  
beta).

   nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- http:// 
www.cassiel.com


> Im not sure what the official word is from Apple on how this all should 

> work, as some Apple application installers work properly when moved from 

Apples own installers all do it like that out of my experience, I must 

not put iTunes into my music subfolder if I want it replaced...

It should be like that as Nick pointed out...

My solution is to never put any 3rd party external into the externals 

folder, but always include an extra folder with that stuff into the 

vade wrote:
> Im not sure what the official word is from Apple on how this all should 
> work, as some Apple application installers work properly when moved from 
> the default, and others do not.

Apples own installers all do it like that out of my experience, I must 
not put iTunes into my music subfolder if I want it replaced...

It should be like that as Nick pointed out...
My solution is to never put any 3rd party external into the externals 
folder, but always include an extra folder with that stuff into the 
search path...

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OS X Installer annoyance.