[APBeta] Losing resources

[Paul Rodman]

Oh, and if you are using Time Machine, use it to check back in the  
past and see what happened to that folder.

Paul R.

On Oct 26, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:

>
> On Oct 26, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Anthony Tripodi wrote:
>
>> Every once in a while, I upgrade AP to the next V2 beta and lose  
>> all of my resources. A real source of frustration. I sent a few  
>> bug reports, but as I read the list there are not a lot of  
>> problems like mine. At first, I thought it was the download  
>> application, but not many others were complaining. Then, I thought  
>> it was a problem with my Mac. But, still, there was those times  
>> when I upgraded with no problems.
>>
>> I bought a new MacBook Pro. I thought my problems were over...
>>
>> I just upgraded to V2.0b96 and lost all my resources. I sent a bug  
>> report. But this time I realized something that occurred to me  
>> before. I'm using Firefox as my primary browser. It seems that  
>> whenever I upgrade to the newest beta after a Firefox update AP  
>> installs as if it was not previously installed, that is, as a new  
>> program and not an upgrade. As I said, this has occurred to me  
>> before: upgrade Firefox...upgrade AP...lose resources.
>>
>> Am I nuts, or can there be a relationship between updating Firefox  
>> and losing AP resources.
>
> I don't see why, but who knows?
>
> The default location for pretty much all of the support files on  
> the Mac is:
>
> ~/Library/Application Support/AstroPlanner
>
> (where "~" is your user folder)
>
> Since you are implying that _everything_ is disappearing, this  
> folder is either being renamed or deleted. Do you have any security/ 
> virus software installed?
>
> What I would do next time you upgrade Firefox is to backup the  
> above folder (copy it to the desktop, for example), do the upgrade,  
> and see if it has disappeared or has been renamed (before running  
> AP again). If so, the Firefox people need to know about this ASAP.
>
> Paul R.