Interesting. The dmg shouldn’t matter as the app itself is signed with an Apple Developer certificate. You can check that by running codesign -vvd /Applications/Gnucash.app
which, if you’re using the latest Mac build, should return Executable=/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash Identifier=org.gnucash.Gnucash Format=app bundle with Mach-O thin (x86_64) CodeDirectory v=20200 size=603 flags=0x0(none) hashes=23+3 location=embedded Signature size=8523 Authority=Developer ID Application: John D Ralls (Y9EHT5WMK7) Authority=Developer ID Certification Authority Authority=Apple Root CA Timestamp=Apr 29, 2018 at 9:47:11 PM Info.plist entries=19 TeamIdentifier=Y9EHT5WMK7 Sealed Resources version=2 rules=12 files=14200 Internal requirements count=2 size=628 The Authority lines are what’s important. Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 14, 2018, at 5:30 PM, Glen Byram (Gmail) <glen83...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Partially solved! i.e. I think I know what is wrong, but not why it happened > to this particular App. > Short answer: Gnucash is in quarantine due to a Mac OS feature called > Gatekeeper Path Randomization (GPR). Running the following command in a > Terminal window removes the quarantine flag > xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Gnucash.app/ > After this command, placing Gnucash in the Dock from the application folder > no longer results in a duplicate icon and app behaviour is normal. > > Now, why Gnucash got quarantined in the first place is what I need to work > out. It shouldn't happen if an application is copied from the .dmg file to > the Applications folder. > I am currently chaining through the following link where someone was > experiencing similar behaviour with an app called Blender. The link pointed > me in the right direction for a solution > https://developer.blender.org/T49473 > > I'll report any further findings here if I think it is an issue caused in any > way with how the Gnucash .dmg file is built, in case it impacts devs. Now to > get to the bottom of GPR on the mac. > Thanks for all your replies/suggestions > Glen > > On 14/06/2018, 21:49, "gnucash-user on behalf of Adrien Monteleone" > <gnucash-user-bounces+glen83501=gmail....@gnucash.org on behalf of > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > On this note, > > Are you installing to “/Applications” or “/Users/your-user/Applications”? > Either should be fine, but if you do have some corruption in your user > profile, installing to /Applications might help. > > Regards, > Adrien > >> On Jun 14, 2018, at 2:28 PM, Adrien Monteleone >> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >> >> Try creating another user account on the Mac. Add GnuCash to dock and see if >> the problem persists. It might be an issue with prefs files for your user >> account. If you don’t want to go that route, or in conjunction with doing >> so, when the question mark appears, try either Force Quitting (technically >> relaunching) Finder from the apple menu, and/or execute a “killall Dock” >> command from a terminal. That might give you the reset needed. Also, keep >> Console.app running and check it when the question mark appears to see if >> there are any related entries. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >>> On Jun 14, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Glen Byram (Gmail) <glen83...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, it certainly is annoying. As we speak, Gnucash has just got its grey >>> question mark. The machine has been woken up for about the 10th time since >>> I last did "Keep in Dock". No full restart in that time (I rarely do with >>> the mac). No issue at all the previous 9 or so "wake-ups. I am starting to >>> think that something is wrong with this specific Mac. I would definitely >>> think that was the case if other apps had the same issue, but they all work >>> fine. >>> Regards >>> Glen >>> >>> >>> On 14/06/2018, 15:07, "gnucash-user on behalf of Adrien Monteleone" >>> <gnucash-user-bounces+glen83501=gmail....@gnucash.org on behalf of >>> adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >>> >>> I don’t think a second executable is the issue. I frequently see this >>> problem with Firefox. Occasionally after it updates and re-launches, it >>> will drop a new icon on the far right of my dock for that updated instance. >>> I just close it and relaunch it as normal with the original icon. (which >>> uses the updated instance, there is no older executable anywhere, even if I >>> clicked that original icon while the other was still open.) >>> >>> I don’t have even a guess as to why this is happening though once >>> GnuCash’s launcher is stored in the dock via right-click and ’keep in dock.’ >>> >>> Regards, >>> Adrien >>> >>>> On Jun 13, 2018, at 6:56 AM, David T. via gnucash-user >>>> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> My dock works, and has worked for a decade. Perhaps you are using GnuCash >>>> from two places: Applications, and the dmg? I say this because the “?” >>>> could happen after restart if the dock item were linked to a dmg file, and >>>> the dmg weren’t reloaded on restart. >>>> >>>> Similarly, a second dock item would suggest a second executable in a >>>> different location—although how the dock item could reference a different >>>> executable is beyond me. >>>> >>>> David T. >>>> >>>>> On Jun 13, 2018, at 5:56 AM, Glen Byram via gnucash-user >>>>> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.6 >>>>> >>>>> I cannot get Gnucash to reside in the mac dock like other apps. I may >>>>> have reported this issue before but I can’t find anything in gnucash-user >>>>> and whatever solution I thought I had was only temporary. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 1) The normal process for placing an app into the dock permanently is to >>>>> just drag it from the place it is installed (usually the Applications >>>>> folder) to a position on the dock that you want. >>>>> >>>>> Once this is done, you should be able to launch the app from the >>>>> resulting dock icon. The same icon should bounce as it launches, then >>>>> stop with a dot under the icon to show it is active. >>>>> >>>>> The behaviour I see is that a duplicate Gnucash icon appears at the end >>>>> of the dock and it is this one that bounces/indicates active app. >>>>> Although functionally OK, I don’t want 2 icons for the same app when its >>>>> running one instance. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2) I have tried the alternate method of keeping Gnucash in the dock; Make >>>>> sure there are no Gnucash dock icons then launch it directly from the >>>>> Applications folder. Once launched, right click on the active dock icon >>>>> and select Options->Keep in dock. After that, I can move the icon to the >>>>> position in the dock I want it to be. It now appears to work perfectly. >>>>> Unfortunately, after I log out, or after some periods of sleep (not sure >>>>> on the number-seems random) the Gnucash icon gets overlayed with a >>>>> question mark indicating that the location of the app is now unknown – >>>>> even though it has not changed and is still in the Applications folder. >>>>> If I restart the machine when the Gnucash icon is working as expected, I >>>>> get a grey question mark in the dock without even the Gnucash icon. >>>>> Mousing over the grey question mark gives a Gnucash tooltip but of course >>>>> it won’t launch as the location of Gnucash is unknown. The only option is >>>>> to right click on the icon+question mark or question mark (by itself) and >>>>> select Options->Remove from Dock. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> As far as I can tell Gnucash is the only App I have that exhibits this >>>>> behaviour. At the start, I thought I had fixed it using method 2 above. >>>>> Then after several days the dreaded question mark appeared over the icon. >>>>> >>>>> Other things I have tried include making an Alias for Gnucash and >>>>> dragging that to the dock. It didn’t work and behaved like 1) above >>>>> (duplicate app icon on launch). >>>>> >>>>> I decided maybe the dock was corrupt so I did a reset to default: >>>>> Terminal command; “defaults delete com.apple.dock; killall Dock” >>>>> >>>>> This meant I had to rebuild my preferred dock from scratch. There was no >>>>> difference. All other app icons behaved as expected apart from Gnucash. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> My conclusion is that Gnucash must have a launch process different to >>>>> other apps and/or the drag/drop to dock processing must be different. >>>>> >>>>> For the time being I tend to stick to Option 2 above as I prefer a single >>>>> launch icon on the dock. When Gnucash eventually gets it’s inevitable >>>>> question mark I remove it from dock then re-instate it as per 2) above. >>>>> But it would be nice to have no need to do that. It’s not urgent or a >>>>> matter of life and death but something to ponder. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> >>>>> Glen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>>>> ----- >>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>>> ----- >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> >>> >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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