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Instruct user to move app to /Applications if launched from somewhere else
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Description
Tell us how we can improve Xcodes
Instruct user to move app to /Applications if launched from somewhere else.
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Sparkle updates can fail otherwise (#70).
What would you like to see? How would you like it to work?
Something like this, which is common for macOS apps distributed outside the Mac App Store: https://github.com/potionfactory/LetsMove/. I'm not sure if this is the best implementation, it's just the first one I found, so do some more research on this before implementing.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing how XcodesApp detects its launch location and how Sparkle updates are configured. Research the linked LetsMove project and other macOS app patterns before choosing an implementation. Done means users launching outside /Applications are clearly instructed or guided to move the app, preventing the reported update failure.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, swift
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100