File Locking Fix on Mac Eagle 7.5.0

On 12/24/2015 7:14 PM, lisa fredrickson wrote:

Hi Jorge,

 

I think I fixed the file locking problem on my Mac running Yosemite OS X

and Eagle 7.5.0.

I posted about it online earlier.

 

I'm wondering if the fix could be as simple as requiring the user to

open his schematics and

boards through the Eagle console while in an an open project, and

defeating the user's ability

to open the schematic or board directly by clicking on it in the OS X

Finder and thereby

bypassing opening the project.

 

Perhaps the schematic and board's System Open File With... Attribute

could be set to an

auxiliary program that instead of opening it , tells the user to open it

using Eagle in an open

project to not disturb the lock mechanism.

 

Could you check my post and see if there's a simpler solution in there?

 

Lisa

 

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Hi Lisa,

There were a number of file-locking issues reported for the Mac

platform. These have been addressed in our latest beta 7.5.1, if you

could try it out and let me know if everything working that would be

very helpful.

Any feedback on the file-locking or any other feature of EAGLE is always

welcome.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

On 12/24/2015 7:14 PM, lisa fredrickson wrote:

Hi Jorge,

 

I think I fixed the file locking problem on my Mac running Yosemite OS X

and Eagle 7.5.0.

I posted about it online earlier.

 

I'm wondering if the fix could be as simple as requiring the user to

open his schematics and

boards through the Eagle console while in an an open project, and

defeating the user's ability

to open the schematic or board directly by clicking on it in the OS X

Finder and thereby

bypassing opening the project.

 

Perhaps the schematic and board's System Open File With... Attribute

could be set to an

auxiliary program that instead of opening it , tells the user to open it

using Eagle in an open

project to not disturb the lock mechanism.

 

Could you check my post and see if there's a simpler solution in there?

 

Lisa

 

--

To view any images and attachments in this post, visit:

http://www.element14.com/community/message/170103

 

Hi Lisa,

There were a number of file-locking issues reported for the Mac

platform. These have been addressed in our latest beta 7.5.1, if you

could try it out and let me know if everything working that would be

very helpful.

Any feedback on the file-locking or any other feature of EAGLE is always

welcome.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

I noticed another bug leftover from installation.  I had Eagle 6.4

installed on

my machine then installed 7.5.0.  I would create a new project in Eagle

7.5.0.

However, if I later started Eagle by clicking on the eagle.epf in the

project folder,

it started the earlier version of Eagle instead of the current version, and

I could

even end up with two versions running at the same time.  When you quit from

the wrong

version, it gives an error message about over-writnig the eagle.epf from

another version

of Eagle.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:51 AM, lisa fredrickson <

Where should I download it from?  I noticed that Newark is now offering

it as a limited trial download on their website, but I am using the

freeware

version from the Cadsoft website.