Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Folks: Just in case you are getting the same "invalid bsd flags ….” when you try to do a disc first aid using disk utility, on your Macintosh SSD boot drive, it turns out that the recent versions of OneDrive are causing that error. I found that the error only occurs on the SSD drive. If I boot

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Hi Rick, well it was a year or 2 back, there was a message that it would send device info and god knows what else data back to them(not just virus info), which i could not decline other then get rid of it. Maybe in the meanwhile, with the GDPR stuff, they've changed it. But it was the

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Hi JJS, Could you please elaborate on this point? It seems to me that any anti-virus is not privacy safe as they all check every file on your computer system for viruses, and usually share such information back to the company so they can continue to improve their product. Thanks, Rick > On

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Richard, Yes I noticed it was Linux, so supposedly LiveCode could run on it. I was just hoping for a confirmation from someone. If I get a Librem laptop I suppose I can answer the question myself, and thankfully cut out the middle man. Doh, I guess that would be you. ;-) (If I were to get rich

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Note that Avast is not privacy safe. On 11-02-19 01:21, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: Hi Bill, Try Avast! https://www.avast.com/en-us/index#mac Rick On Feb 10, 2019, at 6:04 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode wrote: Problem solved, but

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

It's a Linux so one could, though the world's a big place so it's hard to be sure if anyone actually is. If you'd like to have a Librem laptop sent to my office I'll be able to answer that question affirmatively. :) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Rick Harrison wrote: > > Richard,

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Richard, Is anyone running LiveCode on it yet? Rick > On Feb 11, 2019, at 12:47 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > wrote: > > Upgrade to one of the most secure OSes on the planet: > https://www.qubes-os.org/ > > But why run it on stock hardware when you can

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

+1 I know Windows people sometimes think this is a bit reckless, bordering on arrogant, but facts is facts as they say, and for whatever reason, MacOS has very few exploits, and all that I have seen require the end user to do something foolish, like click OK in a dialog which they have no

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

William Prothero wrote: > I’m a bit afraid to leave off a virus protection program though. > Anybody have recommendations? Upgrade to one of the most secure OSes on the planet: https://www.qubes-os.org/ But why run it on stock hardware when you can have the world's most secure laptop for

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Hi Bill, Try Avast! https://www.avast.com/en-us/index#mac Rick > On Feb 10, 2019, at 6:04 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode > wrote: > > Problem solved, but first: > I found that BitDefender kept deleting the “Safe Application” setting for >

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

"I’m a bit afraid to leave off a virus protection program though. Anybody have recommendations?" most likely you don't need one. I have never used one on a mac since 1983. Just practice safe computing. -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 3:05 PM

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Problem solved, but first: I found that BitDefender kept deleting the “Safe Application” setting for “Livecode Business 9.0.2”, so it blocked writing to the Devo Prefs file. The OS wouldn’t let me delete the library files associated with BitDefender. I also found that there were un-fixable

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Guess I waited until the right time to go from 10.12 to 10.14 :grin: I’ll be doing that upgrade in the next couple weeks. Thanks, Brian On Feb 10, 2019, 7:49 AM -0500, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode , wrote: > Little story: Yesterday, early the morning, I was on 10.4.2. "Sadly" I >

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Little story: Yesterday, early the morning, I was on 10.4.2. "Sadly" I thought Navigator would not save preferences. Went back to work, thinking the IDE has lost some globals, or messages, it crashes for me all the time now, at least once a day. No point sending in reports, Panos says "cannot

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Hmmm.. I got it to work by declaring livecode, with correct app name, a safe application, in BitDefender, but that setting wouldn’t stick. When I looked at bitdefender again the safe setting for livecode had disappeared. So I used diskutility to repair the system drive, then updated the os to

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Rick Harrison wrote: > 3. I would also reinstall macOS if I were you. It may not be so bad. Let's see what his plugins path is first. If he's using LC's plugins folder rather than a custom one, that would explain the behavior, no? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Hi Bill, CleanMyMac is considered by many to be malware. 1. Make sure you have a good backup (Time Machine) or image copy of your Mac. 2. Dump CleanMyMac 3. I would also reinstall macOS if I were you. 4. Try Avast and do a scan to see it is finds anything. (I have discovered it is

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

William Prothero wrote: > Folks: > Livecode 9.0.2 business Mac OSX 10.14.2 > > I can’t figure this out. I’m having problems with LiveCode Plugins > writing prefs to the Plugins folder on my Mac. None of the prefs > for the extensions are able to update. At first, I thought it was > a problem

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 2:55 PM William Prothero via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Folks: > Livecode 9.0.2 business Mac OSX 10.14.2 > I'm also on 10.14.2 and I'm not seeing this with Navigator. (or other plugins) Sorry I don't have something better to offer.

Re: Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Bill, I had severe problems when starting with MacOS 10.14. As I know now these were mostly permission problems. The Apple security hystery may help to that. I still have some files of zero size that are not deletable and change their name. I think this is caused by MacOS. But meanwhile I'm

Weird LiveCode Plugins Prefs writing problems

Folks: Livecode 9.0.2 business Mac OSX 10.14.2 I can’t figure this out. I’m having problems with LiveCode Plugins writing prefs to the Plugins folder on my Mac. None of the prefs for the extensions are able to update. At first, I thought it was a problem with 4WDevolution, but now it’s with