Just updated to v5.2.4 on mac - charts all gone!

[BeerMonkey]

Hi all,

I've clearly mucked up somehow, but I'm not sure how. I downloaded and installed the latest release on my mac and now none of the charts will show, update or install.

I can see they are all still there in the charts folder, however the chartloader tab asks for a refresh and then the app quits. Repeatedly.

Any hints?

[bcn]

Did you try to rebuild the chart data base?

[BeerMonkey]

Yeah - thanks. I've ended up removing the chart directories in the Chart Files tab and re-adding them, then forcing a rebuild. Still nothing. Then I removed the local path in Chart Downloader tab, re-added the same chart catalogues and then did an update all - took ages - then went back to the Chart Files tab, re-added the files, rebuilt and traaaalaaa! All back again.

It looks like there might be an indexing issues with the upgrade not 'seeing' the existing file paths? Dunno - not clever or technical enough to be much help to the debuggers!

[bcn]

Most probably some issue due to access rights. Happened in some of the latest versions of macOS. Where do your charts sit? (directory)

[BeerMonkey]

They're in the default directory path; user/documents/charts

Is it better to put them somewhere else?

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by BeerMonkey

They're in the default directory path; user/documents/charts

Is it better to put them somewhere else?

May be a typo, but it should be read as:
/Users/your user name/Documents/Charts
and that is OK.