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Adam Ashwal
Adam Ashwal

Reputation: 1472

Xcode 4 exported app gives error 'Can't Open Application...Classic Environment Not supported'?

I made a simple app, archived it and went into organizer. From there I clicked Distribute -> Export As Application -> Don't Resign and then saved it to my desktop. It runs fine then, but if I upload it to Mediafire and try to download it I get the error You can't open the application X because the Classic environment is no longer supported. when trying to run it. I didn't change any default settings.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1986

Answers (2)

Rob Keniger
Rob Keniger

Reputation: 46028

How did you upload it? Did you wrap it in a zip archive or did you just upload the raw app bundle?

If you just uploaded the raw app then you will have destroyed the permissions and extended attributes on the executables, causing the app to fail to work when downloaded.

The system will see your main executable as a non-executable file, and the "Classic Environment" error message is just the default error message in this situation as it's the most likely reason for this issue.

Wrapping the app in a zip works because the zip format retains the permissions information for the files in the zip archive.

Upvotes: 17

Adam Ashwal
Adam Ashwal

Reputation: 1472

Hm for whatever reason I had to zip up the file before uploading it. Don't know exactly why, but that works.

Upvotes: 0

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