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Deepak
Deepak

Reputation: 181

Eclipse (STS) reverts to being a fresh instal every time I open it on my Mac

I have started using mac recently. I downloaded STS and started coding in it. I installed few plugins I needed to work. After a days work I shut down and started it the next day and all off a sudden it again asked for workspace location even if I checked the default location do not ask again checkbox the last time and again I selected the workspace location and checked the checkbox again and now the plugins I installed the previous day are not there I had to install them all over again and it's the same everyday. Can anyone help we with this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1157

Answers (1)

Kris
Kris

Reputation: 3947

This is a known issue on Mac Os Sierra. I'm not a Mac user myself and not too familiar with the details, but it has something to do with a security feature of Mac OS which is trying to 'sandbox' apps by randomizing thier startup location. This makes STS / Eclipse think its a fresh install and unable to locate any settings / state saved from before.

You can find more info in the STS New and Noteworthy under "Known Issues".

Perhaps these are the most important snippets of information:

If you unpackage the STS archive on macOS Sierra and use it without moving it to a different location on your drive, macOS Sierra Gatekeeper activates a security feature called "Path Randomization" for the app

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As a workaround, please move the STS.app bundle to a different location on your drive before starting it.

Upvotes: 1

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