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Why do my AppleScript-created apps not run on macOS 10.15 Catalina?
I’m wondering if they were saved as 32-bit apps. They’re no more than Apps I’ve created for personal use. But they just don’t run. And I created them using Mojave on my 64-bit Mac.
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Roger Wilmut1 Said:
”I've noticed that about half my Applescript applications are 32 bit (I'm on Mavericks so it's academic).”
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Solved!
I eMailed myself the AppleScript, basically using eMail as a clipboard..
Now it works.
So, try this on your apps, and see how it goes.
Roger Wilmut1 Said:
”I've noticed that about half my Applescript applications are 32 bit (I'm on Mavericks so it's academic).”
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Solved!
I eMailed myself the AppleScript, basically using eMail as a clipboard..
Now it works.
So, try this on your apps, and see how it goes.
Your method isn't really applicable as I don't have Catalina. What I tried was to open a 32 bit app in the Applescript Editor and 'Save as' as an application to a different location (to retain the name). That resulted in a 64 bit app. I suppose i should work through all of my scripts and do it with the 32 bit ones (though there are 140 scripts altogether). I wish there was a quicker way of checking the version than using System Information. - actually it occurs to me that by sorting the scripts folder by date modified and spot-checking to find the date at which they start being 64 bit I then just modify all the preceding scripts. That's about half of them...
Just checked that - the changeover came for me between February and April 2010 - don't know why, it wasn't on getting a new Mac so I suppose it was a system upgrade: that would be from Leopard to Snow Leopard. It's about 40 scripts so I ought to get round to it... some day...
As to a quick check, if an app is 64 bit, 'Get Info' offers the option to open in 32 bit. If it isn't, it doesn't. Now I need a batch method...
Incidentally the email trick doesn't work on the same Mac with Mavericks, presumably because it will handle 32 bit. Atsat present I wouldn't touch Catalina with the proverbial bargepole, I can't try that one out.
It’s not applicable, per se But it worked. I was going say, “I don’t know how you would modify them all at once, rather than manually, one at a time.” But I left that out, thinking that might not even be an option to perform (non applicable).
There's no reason why you shouldn't email a number of scripts in the same message - I don't know what the limit may be. The 'save as' method could I suppose be automated, perhaps using AppleScript or Quickeys, but it's the sort of exercise where setting up the programming is likely to take longer than just doing the job manually.
I’m lost!
I’d reported this compatibility issue of inconsistency between different Apple users (using feedback). It’s a bug going on. So, I’m downgrading currently to Mojave, and won’t post anything on Catalina for bit (until it’s installed).
Arghhh!
Roger Wilmut1 Said:
”Incidentally the email trick doesn't work on the same Mac with Mavericks, presumably because it will handle 32 bit. Atsat present I wouldn't touch Catalina with the proverbial bargepole, I can't try that one out.”
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Using VMWare Fusion (Mac-on-Mac):
You got me wondering: Would a 32-bit Virtual Machine(VM) of Mojave be an option to run on my Catalina-Installed Mac.
Circrmstacially, I don’t think I’ve created a VM yet, of a Mac-on-a-Mac. But, I wonder if that’d be a work around to all of this. I’d open the ports (FTP and ICMP) and see if I could access the 32-bit apps on it.
I've noticed that about half my Applescript applications are 32 bit (I'm on Mavericks so it's academic).
Can you open the offending ones in the Apple Script Editor and re-save them?
AppleScript-Created Apps Are Not Running on macOS 10.15 Catalina
