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Mac Desktop App

(21 posts)
  • Started 6 months ago by macboydesigns
  • Latest reply from dbspin
  • This topic is not a support question

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  • macboydesigns
    Member

    Hi

    I am still waiting for my sites to be approved so thought I would download the Mac Desktop App in advance. The only problem is that I won't install! I downloaded the Java SE 6 Dev Preview and installed but still nothing?

    Any ideas, maybe I have installed the wrong Java.

    Thanks

    Posted 6 months ago #

  • Elie K
    King of blues

    http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/installing-java-6-on-mac-os-x/

    Go to /applications/utilities/java and run the Java Preferences app.

    On the General tab, under Java Applet Runtime Settings, select “Java SE 6″. In Java Application Runtime Settings, re-arrange the list of Java versions so that Java SE 6 is the top item.

    Once you’ve done that, hit “Save”, and you’re good to go for running Java 6 applications. Remember that this is a beta, so use a bit of caution if you’re doing anything mission critical with it.

    Chief Eye Candy Officer
    Posted 6 months ago #

  • George
    Member

    Yeh same thing happened for me :(
    But I still have my PC as a backup to use it with or just online ;)

    Posted 6 months ago #

  • Black Label
    Member

    It would be cool if we could get a Mac App that doesn't require 64bit.

    Posted 6 months ago #

  • EZ O
    Member

    I did the steps above and the app. still doesn't acknowledge the proper version of java, although everyother java dependent app does. In checking the system, it states the proper version is running as well.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • rhuk
    Member

    I just missed seeing this post, try here:

    http://www.woopra.com/forums/topic/woopra-mac-client-java-issuefix

    Andy Miller
    http://www.rockettheme.com

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • John P.
    Chief Cat Herder

    Folks,

    If you're having trouble with the Mac install, try reading this article from Raj:

    http://www.idontquiteknow.com/2008/04/27/how-to-get-woopra-to-run-under-os-x/

    John

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • rhuk
    Member

    man i wish i found that before i went blundering around and found it myself :) thanks for the approval btw.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • macboydesigns
    Member

    The above fixed my issue on my macbook.. now just waiting for my sites to be approved! any idea when?

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • bernabauer
    Member

    I installed JAVA according to this article http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/installing-java-6-on-mac-os-x/ and got Woopra client working, but i can't type anything in the App!

    To log in I had to type login and password in TextEdit and copy&paste to the textboxes... The chat function also does not accept any typing... :-( Anyone has the same problem?

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • Greg J. Smith
    Member

    I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed that I can't use the Woopra desktop client due to the lack of 32bit support in existing versions of Java 6. My machine is only 1.5 years old and I'm not able to use this (exciting looking) application/service.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • chazbeaner
    Member

    seriously, Woopra is unavailable to 32-bit Macs because of Java? Wish I'd known this before getting all excited.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • chapel
    Member

    It is pretty dumb imo.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • mamirosa
    Member

    Same here. What a shame.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • rhuk
    Member

    I'm just guessing, but I think some of the functionality requires Java6, and it's apple's call on what mac platforms Java6 is released. But then again, i've got a 64bit intel mac so it's not affected me. Sorry guys :(

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • jeffmccord
    Member

    Hey guys! After a lot of surfin' the net, I found a great post that allowed me to install Woopra's desktop on my Macbook.

    Yes, I installed Java 6 beta from Apple... but there was one other thing I didn't know to do (kept getting Woopra errors after installing)...

    Check this site out, it worked for me and it looks beautiful on my Mac!!

    http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/installing-java-6-on-mac-os-x/

    Jeff McCord
    http://www.jeffmccord.org

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • sebster
    Member

    There's this Java6 BSD-port, which is running on 32bit-Mac too:
    http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/static/soylatte

    I tried it yesterday, but I seem to be unable to set it as the default Java version to use when launching the Woopra installer. Even after setting JAVA_HOME and PATH variables (using Terminal and RCEnvironment), the Installer still complains. After tweaking the plist file, the error message now reads:

    "Could not launch the application because it requires a version of Java that is not installed.

    This application requires Java 1.6 or later, but only the following Java versions are installed: 1.5.0, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.4. Updating to a newer version of Mac OS X may resolve this."

    Some more information (don't know if it's important): I found out that /usr/bin/java is a link to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java. In /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions, there are subdirectories for all the Java versions - perhaps Soylatte has to be linked here somehow?

    I don't know how to solve this problem right now. Perhaps somebody with more experience is able to provide some guidance on how to install the Soylatte 32bit Java6 port.

    Regards, Sebastian

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • lipflip
    Member

    You can make Woopra work under OS X Tiger/Leopard on Intel machines by using SoyLatte.

    Here's an short tutorial.
    http://lipflip.org/blog/lipflip/2008/05/cheating-woopra-to-run-on-os-xintel-32bit

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • Elie K
    King of blues

    Thank you lipflip, we will have a zip package uploaded with the new version next week!

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • Deas
    Member

    Anybody got a graphic I can use as the icon? The current one is...sad.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  • dbspin
    Member

    This is crazy...I've been searching for 30 minutes, and I can't find Java for OSX 10.4 SE6. Could it be that apple have removed it since they've posted the Leopard update? Anyone know where I can find this, it doesn't appear to be on the apple download page
    http://developer.apple.com/java/download/
    or searching on the apple site
    http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.kbase&fac=Downloads&q=java%2010.4%20se6
    or on Apple developer connection
    http://developer.apple.com/java/download/
    I should point out, before anyone says it, that release 6 for 10.4 is not SE6. Arg!

    Posted 4 months ago #

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