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A possible simple fix for non-launching apps System
Lately, Some of my buddies and I have been experiencing problems opening applications we downloaded from the web (most of these expanded from a .sit archive). The app would show up in the dock for less than a second then disappear. I had this same problem for a program called "Network Beacon" which I really wanted to work. So, for some reason I decided to check the permissions on the app. Inside Network Beacon.app, I noticed that the file located in the Package Contents -> MacOS folder was not executable at all. A simple jump to the terminal and and typing this:
chmod +x /Applications/Network\ Beacon\ 1.0.1/Network\ Beacon.app/Contents/MacOS/Network\ Beacon
cleared up the problem and I was able to launch the app.
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A possible simple fix for non-launching apps
Authored by: randykato on Dec 15, '03 11:40:35AM

This sounds like the problem people have been having with StuffIt 8.0. There was a bug that didn't properly set permissions when unstuffing an app (execute permissions not set) from a .sit file. There's an updater available here:

http://tempest.aladdinsys.com/aladdin/downloads/mac/stuffit_801_x_updater.dmg



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