Preventing iPhoto Library being a bundle
A question to the advanced power users:
Does anybody know how to prevent the iPhoto Library turning from a folder into a bundle each time after iPhoto has been used?
In other words: I want to keep the iPhoto Library as a plain folder.
As of now, after each use of iPhoto I have to turn off the bundle bit on iPhoto Library manually.
There's an old thread which provides a possible solution on Tiger: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1079557 . I didn't try yet to apply it on Mountain Lion though.
Oddly, turning off the bundle bit on the Photo Booth Library sticks – it remains a folder after the usage of Photo Booth.
iPhoto 9.2.3 (intentionally!) on OS X 10.8.4
Larry & Terence, thanks for taking your time to post here.
But:
No offense, but none of your answers was actually helpful in any way.
I was asking a clear – albeit unusual – question.
I'm not a programmer, but I am an adult, advanced power user with over 20 years of Mac experience, including Mac support. I know what I'm doing and I don't have a single reason having to justify why I want to be doing it the way I do.
So, if you don't have any constructive answer to my very question above apart from preaching of what I'm "supposed" or "not supposed" to do, please don't bother to reply.
Thanks for your understanding.
Anyway.
In the meantime I've checked out the aforementioned hint from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1079557 .
With a couple of tweaks it actually works on Mountain Lion:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.iphoto.removebundle</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/SetFile</string>
<string>-a</string>
<string>b</string>
<string>/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/Pictures/iPhoto Library</string>
</array>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>60</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
(The path to SetFile is different on Mountain Lion, because the Developer Tools are now bundled in the Xcode.app.)
Save e.g. as "com.apple.iphoto.removebundle.plist" into ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
You may need to log out and log in again in order to make it work.
It's nothing but a workaround, but it will do for the time being.
P.S. Kids, don't try this at home on your dad's beloved Mac…
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