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Old 12-04-2019, 02:34 PM   #1
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Default Issues with portable install for Reaper v6

For some reason I am unable to create a portable install for Reaper v6. Anyone else having this issue?

I'm on macOS Catalina. I've installed REAPER64.app into a directory. I created an empty 'reaper.ini' file and verified it does not have the '.txt' extension. When I open this .app, it points to my '~/Library/Application Support/REAPER' (which is a previous install).

My guess is this is prioritized, but I haven't verified that just yet as I have some things to do to ensure that I can move that easily.

Anyone else seen issues?

Oh one other note... I'm using the macOS Catalina package.

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Old 12-04-2019, 03:53 PM   #2
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When you created the reaper.ini file, did you make sure you saved it as plain text (not rich text), and did you remove the .txt from within the 'get info/name & extension' panel in Finder (so Finder asks you if you want to change the extension from .txt to .ini)?

I had a similar issue earlier when I didn't take those steps. If you're using Textedit to create the .ini file, I had to go to the 'format' menu and select 'make plain text' in Mojave when saving, not sure if it's the same for Catalina...then save it, select it in Finder, hit 'command i', go to the 'name & extension' triangle, open it, uncheck 'hide extension' if it's checked, remove .txt from the file name just above that, and you should be asked if you want to change the file extension from .txt to .ini - click to change to .ini, and you should be good. Here's a Kenny video that walks you through it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlsLEc5cvEM
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Old 12-04-2019, 06:33 PM   #3
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Thanks for the response.

I have verified twice that the file is plain text and has no extension. No dice. I've also watched Kenny's video.

The application still points to my Library location. I'm going to try to move that out of the way and see if I get the behavior I expect.
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Old 12-04-2019, 07:03 PM   #4
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When you launch REAPER, can you open the Activity Monitor, double-click REAPER's entry, then choose the "Open Files and Ports" tab and show us what you see?

It may be that GateKeeper's "App Translocation" is enabled, which prevents apps from reading their local directory (for security purposes; if you download an app and run it mistakenly, it could read your download folder etc).

If that is the case, you can likely fix this by doing:
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xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/REAPER64.app
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Old 12-04-2019, 07:53 PM   #5
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Hey Justin,

Thanks for the response. I was able to get this working by moving this directory out of the way:

Code:
~/Library/Application Support/REAPER
That was from my existing install (I wanted to test Reaper 6). Moving this out of the way allowed the portable install to initialize in it's local directory. I assume using this Application Support directory if it exists is the default behavior of applications on MacOS. Not sure though.

Regardless, I have a portable install working on Catalina now.

Thanks for your time and the latest release!
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Old 12-06-2019, 07:40 AM   #6
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I just had this issue.

I had to run both
Code:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/REAPER64.app
and remove
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~/Library/Application Support/REAPER
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Old 12-06-2019, 07:49 AM   #7
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I take it back. Every other time I launch REAPER, it crashes and this resets.

What information can I provide?
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Old 01-15-2020, 11:06 AM   #8
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This is still driving me crazy. I had to make a launch script for grabbing and sanitizing (remove quarantine and kill prefs) pre-release installations.

Is there any hope, or shall I relinquish my last firey passion for a simple working reaper install to the void?

The void option sounds fun, but it is kinda annoying.
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