{"id":1002,"date":"2016-09-20T21:38:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T02:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.softwareab.net\/wordpress\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2016-09-20T21:38:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T02:38:43","slug":"mac-fixup-broken-app-permissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softwareab.net\/wordpress\/mac-fixup-broken-app-permissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac OSX Standalone App: Fixup Broken App Permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All &#8211; been a while. I just downloaded an update for the <strong>awesome<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/hermesapp.org\">Hermes App<\/a> and ran into the same problem I ran into before &#8211; it&#8217;s a Mac OSX standalone app (directory) you can execute as a local user. So how do you take such a beast and put it into your <code>\/Applications<\/code> folder?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Here&#8217;s the original listing downloaded from the app site:\n<pre><code>CloudrasLLCsMBP:Downloads l.abruce$ ls -la Hermes.app\/\r\ntotal 0\r\ndrwx------@  3 l.abruce  staff   102 Sep 19 21:55 .\r\ndrwx------+ 49 l.abruce  staff  1666 Sep 20 21:55 ..\r\ndrwx------@  8 l.abruce  staff   272 Jun 24 08:13 Contents<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>As can be seen, it&#8217;s setup to run just for my local account.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the files to <code>Applications<\/code>:\n<pre><code>sudo cp -R ~\/Downloads\/Hermes.app \/Applications\/<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now set the permissions &#8211; note the process for each type:\n<pre><code>\r\nfind . -type d -print -exec chmod 755 {} \\;\r\nfind . -type f -perm 600 -print -exec chmod 644 {} \\;\r\nfind . -type f -perm 700 -print -exec chmod 755 {} \\;\r\nfind . -type l -print -perm 700 -exec chmod -h 777 {} \\;<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>The final result:\n<pre><code>CloudrasLLCsMBP:Downloads l.abruce$ sudo find \/Applications\/Hermes.app -exec ls -lad {} \\;\r\ndrwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  admin  102 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\r\ndrwxr-xr-x@ 8 root  admin  272 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\/Contents\r\ndrwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  admin  102 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\/Contents\/_CodeSignature\r\n-rw-r--r--@ 1 root  admin  10265 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\/Contents\/_CodeSignature\/CodeResources\r\ndrwxr-xr-x@ 4 root  admin  136 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\/Contents\/Frameworks\r\ndrwxr-xr-x@ 5 root  admin  170 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\/Contents\/Frameworks\/Growl.framework\r\nlrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root  admin  22 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\/Contents\/Frameworks\/Growl.framework\/Growl -> Versions\/Current\/Growl\r\n[...output cut...]\r\n-rw-r--r--@ 1 root  admin  27238 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\/Contents\/Resources\/volume_down.icns\r\n-rw-r--r--@ 1 root  admin  4809 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\/Contents\/Resources\/volume_up.png\r\n-rw-r--r--@ 1 root  admin  1560 Sep 20 22:16 \/Applications\/Hermes.app\/Contents\/Resources\/zzs.png<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<p>This corrects the problem &#8211; and the app will now appear in the Launchpad for all users.<\/p>\n<p>So nothing earth-shaking, just some Linux commands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All &#8211; been a while. 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