• Registered: 2010-08-20
  • Posts: 1

Topic: change "install application" folder

hi there!

i just downloaded and bought a licence for dropzone and i am completely happy with it. but i have one major problem:
when installing an app, dropzone automatically puts it in: "macintosh hd/user/your-user/applications".
but usually apps get installed to: "macintosh hd/applications".

is there a way to change the "install application" destination folder? id really love this feature and would be sad not to be able to use it...

looking forward to your answer,
thank you for your help!

  • Registered: 2010-09-19
  • Posts: 1

Re: change "install application" folder

Hello microsyntax,

I wanted the same behavior on install and I got it working with a quick little fix:

1. Open the file "~/Applications/Dropzone/Destination Scripts/lib/installapp.rb" in a text editor.
2. Near the end of the file is the line "def self.install_destination".
3. Put a new line below that line: return "/Applications/"
4. Comment out the rest of that "def" leaving the closing "end" by placing "#" at the beginning of each line

You should end up with something like this in that section of the script:

def self.install_destination
    return "/Applications/"
    # If user has an Applications folder in their home directory then install there
    # if File::exists?(File.expand_path("~/Applications"))
    #  return File.expand_path("~/Applications") + "/"
    # else
    #   return "/Applications/"
    # end
end

I thought that commenting it out might be better than deleting should you ever want to change it back for some reason. Let me know if you have any questions as it's working perfect for me.

Last edited by mattle (2010-09-19 01:02:26)

  • john
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  • Registered: 2010-03-24
  • Posts: 37

Re: change "install application" folder

Thanks for helping out mattle. Lots of users have this issue so it really needs a preference. We will hopefully add one in a future version.