[OS X] [2.0 final] Mac does not show overlay icons in ~/Library sub-folders

[dirkpape]

Expected behaviour

When synching many folders with the owncloud client in MacOS X, for all of them the overlay icons should be shown in Finder.

Actual behaviour

The finder shows the icons for some of the folder, but for others not (e. g. not for ~/Library/Application Support/iWork).

Steps to reproduce

1. sync more than one folder on an owncloud server (in my case I have two accounts), but error appears with folders on the same account. E.g. sync ~/owncloud and ~/Library/Application Support/iWork.
2. view the folders in the Finder.
3. recognize difference.

Server configuration

Operating system:
Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS

Web server:
Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)

Database:
mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.44

PHP version:
PHP 5.4.44-1+deb.sury.org~precise+1

ownCloud version:
8.1.1.3

Storage backend:
local

Client configuration

Client version:
2.0.0.2668 Mac

Operating system:
MacOS X 10.10.5

OS language:
German

Installation path of client:
/Applications

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[mcnesium]

Confirm. Plus, when choosing the context menu item "share via owncloud" on a file in a directory that does not show the icons, the share window does not appear. The menu item is there, though.

[stonerl]

Just a wild guess, but you try to sync stuff from the Library Folder, which is a special System folder. Could it be that this is an OSX limitation.

[mcnesium]

No sorry, I am trying to sync ~/Pictures/Screenshots. Could this be a graphics problem? I just saw green bubbles on some of the files in ./Screenshots. Then I went up one directory, saw a green bubble on the ./Screenshots folder, went back in and the bubbles were all gone.

[dirkpape]

Hi, for me - as stated - the sync works fine, only the icons are not shown.

[stonerl]

@dirkpape You're using the native finder integration. I tried this on my System as well, sync works for all kind of folders (visible and hidden) also the icons appear all the time, but as soon as i try to sync the ~/Library folder or a folder that resides inside ~/Library the files are synced but no icons are shown. That's what I meant with the limitation. I would assume that this very folder is not intended to use in conjunction with the native finder integration, by design.

[jturcotte]

Yes it doesn't work for me either, I get this message in Console for anything under ~/Library/Application Support:

28/08/15 16:09:59,845 Finder[486]: Ignoring request from Finder Sync Extension to register for file:///Users/joce/Library/Application%20Support/.../

So sadly I don't think that we can support that scenario. I tried with multiple folders on multiple accounts and that seems to work well though. @mcnesium's problem is probably a different one, the icons are shown properly for me in ~/Pictures.

[stonerl]

@mcnesium do you run owncloud 2.0.0 on OSX 10.10?

[mcnesium]

yes, build 2666 on 10.10.5 - I had even more issues with the finder extension though, that I didn't get to report yet, so I just turned that thing off for now.

[jturcotte]

I'm closing the ~/Library bug as a design choice of Apple, but if you see different issues that you can pin-point please open a new report.

[mcnesium]

a design choice of Apple

What do you mean by that?

[stonerl]

@mcnesium Apple does not allow the use of overlay icons for the ~/Library folder and it's content.

[mcnesium]

Ok thx for explaining. One more weird Apple issue sigh

I will try to post other issues soon…

[j2318]

I don't think it is problem with ~/Library folder. I do have two Macs running OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 and I installed the client exactly the same way and, on one I can see the icons and on the other one I don't. My owncloud folder is in /User/{user_name}/ownCloud not under Library - On the system on which I don't see the icons I removed the owncloud client. I "trashed" the app and ran (as root): find . -name *owncloud* -exec rm -r {} \; from the Library to remove any traces for the configuration and I reinstalled the client. The same problem; no overlay icons.
The Mac which has problem it is iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) and the mac without problems it is MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014) both running OS X El Capitan 10.11.1

[stonerl]

The finder extension is enabled? Maybe disabling and enabling the extension might help.

[j2318]

On 2015-12-06 12:32 PM, Toni Förster wrote:

The finder extension is enabled? Maybe disabling and enabling the
extension might help.

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#3680 (comment).

Yes, the finder extension is enabled - I disabled the extenstion - then
I rebooted (just in case) - enabled the extension and nothing has
changed - still no icons. Everything else is working fine. As I said
both Macs are running the same version of El Capitan 10.11.1 - The one
with problem has much more software installed like Dropbox, Google
Drive, iCloud Drive and much more - could be a conflict?
-- jacek

[j2318]

On 2015-12-06 12:32 PM, Toni Förster wrote:

The finder extension is enabled? Maybe disabling and enabling the
extension might help.

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#3680 (comment).

I noticed similar problem with overlay icons in Windows where limit is
15 slots - is there some limit of overlay icons slots on Mac?
-- jacek

[stonerl]

No, on OSX ≥10.10 owncloud uses Finders native overlay icons. But this issue here was about ~/Library/ I think you should open a new one.

[stonerl]

@j2318 #3819