dear hefbe Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) I'm setting up multitple workstation with Final Cut Pro 7 and I want to make a self contained application that moves the preference file I made to the user's library. For practical puposes, I want the preference file to be contained in the application. I can get it done easily with a shell script : cp Final\ Cut\ Pro\ 7.0\ Prefs.fcset ~/Library/Preferences/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ User\ Data/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ 7.0\ Prefs.fcset but as I said, I want the pref file to be contained within the app so it doesn't get deleted or anything (it's also prettier ) I've been using Automator in my attemps and I'd like to cotinue to do so. Xcode is excluded. The workstations are running Mac OS X 10.8.5. EDIT : I want other people to use this app just by double clicking it. No terminal involved. Thanks for your help. Edited February 10, 2015 by dear hefbe 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304447-need-an-app-to-move-file-to-user-folder/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dear hefbe Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 So... I moved the preference file inside the app and cd'ed to it using an absolute path, then, cp'ed the file where I want it. It works. To be clear, here's the code : cd /Users/dearhefbe/Desktop/RegPrefs.app/Contents/MacOS #This is where is stored my pref file, obviously cp FinalCutPro7.0Prefs.fcset ~/Library/Preferences/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ User\ Data/FinalCutPro7.0Prefs.fcset.fcset Now, how can I use a relative path so the app can be moved across computers and still work? 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304447-need-an-app-to-move-file-to-user-folder/#findComment-2110168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffs Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 two options 1. ssh (enable remote access) google scp scp dearhefbe@machine.local(enter ip):~/Desktop/RegPrefs.app/Contents/MacOS/FinalCutPro7.0Prefs.fcset ~/Library/Preferences/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ User\ Data it will ask for password. 2. (enable file sharing) cp FinalCutPro7.0Prefs.fcset /Volumes/sharedRemoteUser/Library/Preferences/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ User\ Data/FinalCutPro7.0Prefs.fcset.fcset Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304447-need-an-app-to-move-file-to-user-folder/#findComment-2110173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dear hefbe Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 My bad I wasn't clear enough. I want other people to use this app just by double clicking it. No terminal involved. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304447-need-an-app-to-move-file-to-user-folder/#findComment-2110383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbuckLa Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 two options 1. ssh (enable remote access) google scp scp dearhefbe@machine.local(enter ip):~/Desktop/RegPrefs.app/Contents/MacOS/FinalCutPro7.0Prefs.fcset ~/Library/Preferences/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ User\ Data it will ask for password. 2. Transfer app The app is capable of moving content from one device to another. The program is built on C++ with QT embedded. 3. (enable file sharing) cp FinalCutPro7.0Prefs.fcset /Volumes/sharedRemoteUser/Library/Preferences/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ User\ Data/FinalCutPro7.0Prefs.fcset.fcset that's cool. Second vote on SCP Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304447-need-an-app-to-move-file-to-user-folder/#findComment-2183637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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