> 1. Why is it think it has to update software that is already up to date.
No idea. Perhaps there is an incremental update? > 2. Why does it think it is a read-only filesystem when the system is too old > to have a read-only filesystem (other than on an external drive, that this > isn’t). I cannot answer "why" - I just know that dozens of times I've seen "can't update" errors to an existing app, which are solved by the technique I suggested. Sorry it didn't work for you. T On 19 May 2022, at 12:49, David Ledger wrote: > On 19 May 2022, at 20:33, Tracy Valleau wrote: > >> Hold down the command key and drag MailMate to your desktop. >> Release all keys. >> Hold down the command key and drag MailMate to your Applications folder. >> >> That should fix it. > > Thanks, but this is an update that MailMate itself is trying to install, even > though it knows it is up to date. It’s not a human initiated download. So > 1. Why is it think it has to update software that is already up to date. > 2. Why does it think it is a read-only filesystem when the system is too old > to have a read-only filesystem (other than on an external drive, that this > isn’t). > > David > > >> On 19 May 2022, at 12:22, David Ledger wrote: >> >>> I am currently up to date with “Normal Releases” according to the Software >>> Update panel of Preferences, but whenever I start up MailMate (which is >>> rare because I keep it and the laptop running) I get a popup saying: >>> v v v v >>> MailMate is running on a read-only file system and can therefore not be >>> updated. >>> >>> If you downloaded MailMate from the internet then moving it out of the >>> Downloads folder should solve the problem. >>> ^ ^ ^ ^ >>> >>> The system is a Mid 2011 11” MacBook Air running High Sierra 10.13.6. The >>> filesystem is APFS with the base drive having one container “Container >>> disk1” that contains one Volume “Macintosh HD”. It has no read-only volumes. >>> >>> Has anyone else seen this? >>> >>> David >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mailmate mailing list >>> mailmate@lists.freron.com >>> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate >> _______________________________________________ >> mailmate mailing list >> mailmate@lists.freron.com >> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > mailmate@lists.freron.com > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate _______________________________________________ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
