A user of my app has reported that it fails to save to dataPath(“settings.xml”) when it is still in the download folder, due to permissions. Apparently dataPath() points to an odd directory. Ideas? App saves settings to dataPath(“settings.xml”). Should expand to “app path/app name/Contents/Java/da…

dataPath() problem under Mac OS X

GoToLoop November 13, 2018, 6:50am 3

Anything related to sketchPath is safe in settings() already.

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