I installed Gimp 2.10 dmg package under macOs 10.13.6 from the Gimp home site and it installed and works without problem.
However Gimp does not show under system information, installations and/or programs, how come?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)
Hi,
Only the "apps" downloaded by the App Store are listed as "installations".
GIMP is a totally independant program that one can download from its own site. And will have to be updated next time also from its own site.
Thanks to learn me that 2.10 is available, by the by 😁
Regards.
So, I just tossed together a one-action Automator application and saved it to the Desktop as Foobar-2.10.app. The System Information : Applications listing immediately showed the name as Foobar-2.
This does not explain why Gimp-2.10.4 does not register at all, and I believe this to be an issue with Gimp rather than with Apple, as it would at minimum register as Gimp-2.
My names list spans multiple major operating system releases and there is no combination of '-', or '_' used with periods in any of the names. The lone exception is Apple's iMovie 9.0.
You can file a bug report if you want (e.g. bugreporter.apple.com), but rather than that, I would suggest communicating this to the Gimp development team.
Is it installed in the normal Applications folder?
Does it show in Spotlight search?
RogierDG wrote:
So, is this a shortcoming or bug that should be reported to Apple ?
Third party software
It is a GIMP issue.
GIMP users unit— http://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-user/20645-gimp-2-10-for-mac
If this is mission critical to your work flow, you can fall back to GIMP 2.8
Almojgar wrote:
Only the "apps" downloaded by the App Store are listed as "installations".
Sorry this is dis-information and blatantly not true. But maybe this is dependent on your definition of "installations" 😉
You're right. I have so few of these "officially recognised by Apple" third-party apps that I didn't even noticed. DaVinci Resolve Studio and DxO are indeed listed in System Information -> Software -> Installations.
Thanks for the hit of shovel (sometimes it helps) 😁
Regards
The login screen says: "You must be a Registered Apple Developer to file bugs via Bug Reporter."
When i enter my regular AppleID and password, i get a rsponse "unknown account" so my regular AppleID is not recognized as a valid account. Maybe you are participating in the macOS preview program, which i am not.
Sorry for my previous post, I found it, I had to go to a special registration screen in order to make my regular Apple ID a valid Apple developpers ID. So I will make an attempt to submit the problem.
Yes it is installed in the application folder and it shows in Launchpad and Spotlight can find it.
So, is this a shortcoming or bug that should be reported to Apple ?
RogierDG wrote:
If it makes you feel any better—
GIMP 2.8.22 does not register in the System Info>Software>Applications—either.
I filed an issue with the Gimp development team. I will post the result when available.
I cannot file a bug with bugreporter.apple.com because this is restricted to developpers.
The Apple bug reporter site just wants your Apple ID and password as admittance. I do have a free developer account too.
When I reviewed all of the Application names listed in my System Information panel, none contained a period in their name. Gimp 2.10.4 uses the following in its Info.plist file:
The String data type should not discriminate the presence of a period in the name, but for some unknown reason, the process that places it in the System Information panel's application list has excluded it.
Gimp does not show in systeminformation, installations and programs
