Problem with themes on OSX?

SparkyTK · 10-12-2008, 03:39 PM

I have recently switched from using a PC to a Mac, and when I redownloaded my themes, for some reason they don't load properly. They load menus, but no images or sounds.

When I go to open the actual theme folders, it says that I don't have permission to view contents of the folders, even though I am on the admin account.

I apologize if this is an unnecessary topic, but if anyone else with experience using StepMania on a Mac has any advice, could you please give me a few tips? Either here or in IM, that'd be great.

Thank you!

sharksoda · 10-12-2008, 06:42 PM

never had anything like this happen.

WiLLiSTER · 10-12-2008, 11:38 PM

Same here, never had any problems with osx. At least not like that.

KyahRyorin · 10-13-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SparkyTK

I have recently switched from using a PC to a Mac, and when I redownloaded my themes, for some reason they don't load properly. They load menus, but no images or sounds.

When I go to open the actual theme folders, it says that I don't have permission to view contents of the folders, even though I am on the admin account.

I apologize if this is an unnecessary topic, but if anyone else with experience using StepMania on a Mac has any advice, could you please give me a few tips? Either here or in IM, that'd be great.

Thank you!

Crud. O_o Coming from a Mac user, I've NEVER had a problem like that.

My best bet would be to redownload the themes and then add them to your theme folder. Something could've gotten corrupted in the transfer, which I wouldn't be surprised if something did, so that may be why they're acting all funky.

SparkyTK · 10-13-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by KyahRyorin

Crud. O_o Coming from a Mac user, I've NEVER had a problem like that.

My best bet would be to redownload the themes and then add them to your theme folder. Something could've gotten corrupted in the transfer, which I wouldn't be surprised if something did, so that may be why they're acting all funky.

Oddly enough I thought that would work the same as well, but I'm still getting the same errors.

I'm going to redownload StepMania itself as well as the themes and see if that helps any. o.O

Edit: Nope... Same errors.

sharksoda · 10-14-2008, 12:02 PM

well, something is odd about your permissions.

I'm going to assume you don't know your way around a terminal, do you?

SparkyTK · 10-14-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by shakesoda

well, something is odd about your permissions.

I'm going to assume you don't know your way around a terminal, do you?

To some extent, yeah. I'm still fairly new when it comes to OSX, but I'm sure if you gave me some instructions as to what I should do to fix it I could do it no problem.

I do remember setting up WINE a while ago using Terminal, and having to set up a Root admin account.. By chance would that play any effect as to why I have no permissions?

( To be honest I really have much more experience with Windows as I've taken a repair and networking class for two years, decided to switch to Mac so I'm a n00b when it comes to these things. :> )

**AJ 187** · 10-14-2008, 07:29 PM

Isn't there an option to fix permissions in Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility, I think)?

In any case, try running that and see if it fixes anything.

Kalek · 10-15-2008, 06:33 PM

what about ctrl click the folder -> get info

down at the bottom of the window, there should be a tab for sharing and permissions. change them to read & write.

alternatively you can chmod 777 using the terminal, but this way is easier