iSoul not launching - all versions - lion 10.7.3 about isoul HOT 5 CLOSED

Do you see anything of interest in the console?

from isoul.

just these 2 messages...

02-03-12 5:38:06.254 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0x118118].com.bdp.iSoul[1457]) posix_spawn("/Users/Damazio/Downloads/Safari/iSoul/iSoul.app/Contents/MacOS/iSoul", ...): Operation not permitted

02-03-12 5:38:06.255 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0x118118].com.bdp.iSoul[1457]) Exited with code: 1

launching "iSoul.app/Contents/MacOS/iSoul" returns the following in the terminal:

Last login: Thu Mar 1 03:17:50 on ttys000
/Users/Damazio/Downloads/Safari/iSoul/iSoul.app/Contents/MacOS/iSoul ; exit;
badcomputer:~ Damazio$ /Users/Damazio/Downloads/Safari/iSoul/iSoul.app/Contents/MacOS/iSoul ; exit;
-bash: /Users/Damazio/Downloads/Safari/iSoul/iSoul.app/Contents/MacOS/iSoul: Operation not permitted
logout

[Process completed]

from isoul.

try this in terminal:

chmod a+x ~/Downloads/Safari/iSoul/iSoul.app/Contents/MacOS/iSoul

from isoul.

thanks a lot, the permissions were right but i found the problem. there's a quarantine bug in lion which set isoul executable to be quarantined (there are other examples in the link below). now, i've disabled quarantine some time ago (see option 3 in the link below) but for some reason, isoul was on the list. enabling quarantine system wide (defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool YES) or on a file basis (xattr -d com.apple.quarantine isoul.app) solves the issue.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57374676-263/workarounds-for-quarantine-bug-in-os-x-lion/

from isoul.

Never encountered that particular bug, but I'm glad you were able to solve your issue.

from isoul.