El Capitan recognises application as PowerPC

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El Capitan recognises application as PowerPC

Hi all,

I have built and successfully run an application on OSX 10.11. Then I decided to create a bundle for the app and launched it successfully as well. Then I moved the bundle to the Applications folder and it did not start anymore displaying the popup:

'You can’t open the application “CodeBlocks” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported'

Obviously this isn't a PowerPC application. Renaming the app, copying it to other locations restarting the mac did not solve the issue.

What is happening?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Jan 28, 2016 4:23 AM

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Answer 1

Jake3231

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Jan 28, 2016 7:39 PM in response to warpino

This is very weird... To be correct, the app compiles, and runs fine on 10.11.3 straight from Xcode? If so, make sure that your project's deployment target is set to at least OS X 10.6, and maybe 10.7 if you really want to be safe. Then try running the app independently of Xcode, and see if that works. Otherwise, I would just remove all copies of your app from any directory that's not Xcode's debug folder, and try compiling and creating the bundle again. Good luck!

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warpino Author

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Jan 29, 2016 12:22 AM in response to Jake3231

Thanks for your reply,

actually I didn't build it on 10.11.3 but on the previous update (10.11.....2 I guess? 😉 ) . Should I rebuild my application? It sounds quite weird to me that a OS version update forces you to do this!

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warpino Author

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Jan 29, 2016 12:37 AM in response to Jake3231

I must say that the program runs perfectly, it's just the bundle that is stuck! And what makes me crazy is that it started once, just before I moved it to the Applications folder. I moved it back, copied it, renamed it, created it again, restarted the computer, nothing worked. Extremely annoying.

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Jake3231

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Feb 2, 2016 5:19 PM in response to warpino

Hi. Sorry for the late reply... I don't think that an OS update should require you to rebuild your application. If you built if for OS X 10.11.x, it should be fine.. I would just go into Xcode and make sure that your deployment target was at least 10.6, and your minimum system requirement is also at least 10.6.

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warpino Author

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Feb 3, 2016 7:37 AM in response to Jake3231

I didn't build it through Xcode but from the command line

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