Suppose that you have made changes to your Info.plist file of the bundled application and want the change effects to take place on next launch, there are two forms of resolutions..
1. Change the modification date of the application’s package with touch before opening it.
2. Force the database to update for that item only. [lsregister -f MyGreatApp.app]
Monday, 9 July 2007
Mac OS X Tips : Trouble shooting - Launch Services
The Finder, and the command line based 'open' command, both use Launch Services to associate documents with applications. The Finder also uses this information to associate icons with documents.
The 'lsregister' command can be launched from the command-line, and gives scope for manual maintenance of the Launch Services database.
Problems involving incorrect icons or documents failing to open (with the proper application) can be solved using 'lsregister'
$ /System/Library/Frameworks/
ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/
Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/
Current/Support/lsregister
(all on one line)
lsregister: [OPTIONS] [-domain { system | local | user | network }]... [path]...
Search the paths for application bundles and add each found item to the Launch Services database. For domain specifications, ask CF for the list of application locations in the given domain(s).
-kill Reset the global Launch Services database before doing anything else
-lint Print information about plist errors while registering bundles
-convert Register apps found in older LS database files
-load Load the LaunchServices service plugin if it's not already loaded.
-lazy n Sleep for n seconds before registering apps if the local cache is aleady populated.
-r Recursively register directory contents, do not recurse into packages or invisible directories.
-R Recursively register directory contents, including the contents of packages and invisible directories.
-f force-update registration info even if mod date is unchanged
-v Display progress information.
-dump Display full database contents after registration.
-h Display this help.
Issuing the command:
...the/long/path/lsregister -kill -r -domain system -domain local -domain user
will repair the Launch Services database.
[From: www.osxfaq.com]
The 'lsregister' command can be launched from the command-line, and gives scope for manual maintenance of the Launch Services database.
Problems involving incorrect icons or documents failing to open (with the proper application) can be solved using 'lsregister'
$ /System/Library/Frameworks/
ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/
Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/
Current/Support/lsregister
(all on one line)
lsregister: [OPTIONS] [-domain { system | local | user | network }]... [path]...
Search the paths for application bundles and add each found item to the Launch Services database. For domain specifications, ask CF for the list of application locations in the given domain(s).
-kill Reset the global Launch Services database before doing anything else
-lint Print information about plist errors while registering bundles
-convert Register apps found in older LS database files
-load Load the LaunchServices service plugin if it's not already loaded.
-lazy n Sleep for n seconds before registering apps if the local cache is aleady populated.
-r Recursively register directory contents, do not recurse into packages or invisible directories.
-R Recursively register directory contents, including the contents of packages and invisible directories.
-f force-update registration info even if mod date is unchanged
-v Display progress information.
-dump Display full database contents after registration.
-h Display this help.
Issuing the command:
...the/long/path/lsregister -kill -r -domain system -domain local -domain user
will repair the Launch Services database.
[From: www.osxfaq.com]
Tuesday, 3 April 2007
Playing with ATSUI text
Playing around with ATSUI (Apple Type Services for Unicode Imaging) text.
ATSU Mesure Text Image
Geting Theme Text Dimension
ATSU Mesure Text Image
Geting Theme Text Dimension
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Tuesday, 13 March 2007
Monday, 12 March 2007
Kiddy Teaser
I am a 7 letter city. My 234 letter is a bird. 61 is cool. 1274 is a part of the face. 4713 is way of saying good. 4 equal to 5.
Who am I?
[From: SMS from beloved ones :-)]
Who am I?
[From: SMS from beloved ones :-)]
At ISRO Layout lake
I had been to ISRO layout on a fine evening (5th March) with my roommates. To identify each, from the left, Krishna Moorthy, Sathyashankar, myself, Avinash, and hey, Ganesh Prasad are you meditating there ;-). Its on the shores of a lake there.
On the east end of this lake it is a Shri Padmavathi and Shrinivasa Swaami temple.
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