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OpenMeta rejected by Mac App Store #22

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
So I submit an app to the app store using OpenMeta, and it is rejected because 
it writes to Library/Application\ Support/OpenMeta/ when applications are only 
meant to write to a folder according to their app name.

OK, so we all know the AppStore rules are crap, etc, but this is the world we 
live in now, so what is the solution? My initial thought is that OpenMeta 
writes its backups to the appname folder, as I understand it they are just 
backups, and then if anything needs to restore these backups, well something 
has to search ALL the app folders to find it. A bit crappy in some ways, but I 
don't see another option.

Why hasn't anyone else come across this problem?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by xpusosto...@gmail.com on 23 Jan 2011 at 6:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
This has affected me too. I originally submitted my app at the start of Jan and 
it was eventually approved, but then an update was rejected because of this. 
The reviewers need to actually tag things in the app for the backup to get 
written and I couldn't have done that previously.

I think my only choice is to change OpenMeta to write the backup to my app's 
Application Support folder, which means no other apps will access it. My app 
has functionality to restore OM tags that it's recorded in its library when it 
detects files have changed, which it does when it starts up and while it's 
running. If my app is the only OpenMeta app in use, the problem won't be 
noticed.

Original comment by steverei...@googlemail.com on 15 Feb 2011 at 2:22