How to properly install Tech Tracker, since the installer doesn't... - mmjr777

Ops, forgot to add that the TTengine must be running, by the way, for the Preference Pane to work, but that is something that the developers will hopefully find a way to fix, won't they?

In the meantime, you can start the engine manually, scan your system then kill it afterward, until the whole thing is properly packaged. (If it is not running the Preference Pane won't start it.)

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Friday, October 23 2009 @ 05:13 AM PDT

How to properly install Tech Tracker, since the installer doesn't... - dgkanter

[OS 10.6.1 on MacBookPro2,2]
Didn't have any problem using the installer on my computer. While I didn't check for any other files, I do now have a CNET TechTracker folder in my Applications folder. That CNET TechTracker folder contains a CNET TechTracker Uninstaller folder and the CNET TechTracker.app. And when I launch that app, it seems to be doing what it's supposed to do. (No manual moving of anything; no PrefPane involved.)

Sidebar: I have provided feedback that I don't see how to mark software as "Skipped"--as I can do in the VersionTracker Pro software which I'm running under a paid subscription--for those Out of Date items which I've deliberately decided not to update at the current time, but which I haven't decided to remove from my computer. To me, that's an important capability as, otherwise, I'll continue to be shown such wanted-to-be-skipped items among those out-of-date software about which I still need to make a decision.

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Saturday, October 24 2009 @ 12:44 PM PDT

How to properly install Tech Tracker, since the installer doesn't... - mmjr777

The Tech Tracker preference pane has tabs to schedule the frequency of scanning (monthly, weekly, daily, every four hours), how Tech Tracker is updated (manual, automatic, notify) and an About this application.

A scan will not take place based on the settings in the preference pane if the TTengine is not running, and I guess it must be an active process if the scheduled scans are to take place, on a cursory inspection of its .plist.

The uninstaller should remove components from ~/Library/LaunchAgent, ~/Library/PreferencePanes, ~/Library/Application Support, ~/Library/Preferences and /Library/TechTracker. There were only two items in the Application Support folder: Installed Software and State, and nothing in the others (after the first time I tried installing the package). Also, there are no receipts of the components in /Library/Receipts.

My system (Mac OS X 10.5.8, PowerBook G4 15" model 5,6) has four accounts: Administrator, two Standard and one Managed. It looks as though the installer does not take that into account.

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Saturday, October 24 2009 @ 09:16 PM PDT