v7.0 on Mac OS X not launching

[ptoche]

Hi Zenju,

The latest version 7.0 does not launch on my Mac OS X (Yosemite 10.10.3). I downloaded it several times to make sure. I have reverted to 6.15, which is working well.

[Zenju]

What do you mean with not launching? Do you see an error message?
PS what is the modification date of the FreeFileSync executable contained in the app bundle?

[ptoche]

No error message. Nothing at all happens. Clicking on the icon is like not clicking on it. Not sure about the modification date: in the Finder, under "Date Modified", it has today 01:37, which is 1 minute ago when I unzipped it to check the modification date. I don't think this is the date you want.

[djronh1]

I couldn't run either initially.

Problem was the executable (within package) was only rw, missing x bit.

do a chmod +x FreeFileSync.app/Contents/MacOS/FreeFileSync

[Zenju]

Where is this permissions problem coming from? I just tested downloading and running with OS X 10.10, but executable bits were set (albeit only for user).

[Zenju]

It seems zip can indeed store permissions, at least on OS X: I've updated the application bundle to use 0755 and uploaded the new 7.0 release file for OS X.

[ptoche]

Wonderful, thanks!