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EAGLE User Support (English) Eagle 6.5.0 for OSX 10.9.1 file open dialog boxes always open to "Documents" folder by default. Help?
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Eagle 6.5.0 for OSX 10.9.1 file open dialog boxes always open to "Documents" folder by default. Help?

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Former Member over 11 years ago

This is a pretty minor problem, but it's been bugging me for ages.

 

When I first installed Eagle, selecting File>Open>Schematic would open a dialog box with my ~/ Documents/eagle folder opened by default. Likewise, editing or using library files would default to my library folder.

 

For some reason, now every dialog box that opens opens to the /Documents folder.  This is majorly annoying as I have to navigate to the /Applications/Eagle-6.5.0/lib folder any time I want to add a library to a project.

 

Here's what I've tried so far to resolve the problem:

 

I checked my Options>Directories and verified that they were all set right. Originally $EAGLEDIR somehow got set to nothing, so I updated my .bash_profile to point it to my install directory.  This still didn't fix the problem.

 

I tried uninstalling (deleting the program file) and installing a fresh copy of Eagle from a download, but it didn't fix the problem.

 

I uninstalled again and deleted the OSX install receipt, but still no change.

 

I know this problem seems minor, but it's super frustrating because I remember that it used to work!  Please help!

 

Thanks.

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    0 rossw over 11 years ago

    I was just about to start a new thread on this very topic - luckily I saw Michael's post first.

     

    I have Eagle 6.5.0 installed on my Windows laptop and MacBook and the problem only happens with the Mac version. What's frustrating to me is I have custom ULPs which I then have to locate manually every time I want to run them.

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