Re: iLIfe '09 / iWork '09 -- An Odd Difference
Jolly Roger
TaliesinSoft <talies...@me.com> wrote:
> When one installs iLife '09 the member applications, GarageBand, iDVD,
> iMovie, iPhoto, and iWeb are installed directly into the Applications
> folder, but when one installs iWork '09 the member applictions,
> Keynote, Numbers, and Pages are installed in a containing folder titled
> "iWork '09".
>
> This came to my attention yesterday as I attempted to download the
> update to Pages which includes the ability to export a document in the
> ePub format. It seems that a few months ago I moved the three iWork '09
> applications out of the containing folder, an action that had no
> adverse effect until yesterday as the updater was looking for that
> folder. Restoring the folder and moving the applications into it did
> the job and the updater worked fine.
>
> So I'm curious as to why Apple chose to have this packaging
> inconsistancy for these two application suites.
Not sure, but I seem to recall it's been this way for quite some time.
Personally, I'd rather not have the additional sub-folder for iWork. I'm
not sure Software Update would provide updates if I were to move them to
the top level of the Applications folder. And since I use LaunchBar to
launch applications, it doesn't matter much anyway.
BTW, you've posted this to ELEVEN news groups. I seem to recall this
isn't the first time this has happened to someone using Unison recently.
Is Unison really that problematic when it comes to target news groups?
Follow-up set to comp.sys.mac.apps.
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JR
Doug Anderson
> When one installs iLife '09 the member applications, GarageBand, iDVD,
> iMovie, iPhoto, and iWeb are installed directly into the Applications
> folder, but when one installs iWork '09 the member applictions,
> Keynote, Numbers, and Pages are installed in a containing folder
> titled "iWork '09".
>
> This came to my attention yesterday as I attempted to download the
> update to Pages which includes the ability to export a document in the
> ePub format. It seems that a few months ago I moved the three iWork
> '09 applications out of the containing folder, an action that had no
> adverse effect until yesterday as the updater was looking for that
> folder. Restoring the folder and moving the applications into it did
> the job and the updater worked fine.
>
> So I'm curious as to why Apple chose to have this packaging
> inconsistancy for these two application suites.
I'm mildy curious too.
I'll note that it mimics the behavior of MS Office on macs - that too
installs as one folder with the separate applications contained in
that folder.