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NETGEAR Genie installer destroys OS X system databases
I want to document this behavior so that if anyone else is wondering what's happened, you'll understand. You run the NETGEAR Genie installer on OS X. At the end of the installation, your Dock dis...
Sounds like their installer programmers need to use a handy reference to find the right way to force the icon into the Dock. Or just not do that at all -- I really dislike app installers that push icons into my Dock. ASK ME if I want an icon persisted, don't just do it.
Googling "programmatically adding an app to the macos dock" turns up plenty of useful approaches. None of them involve an "rm -f" on any file or directory.
I have to think developer.apple.com would also have guidance.
My ping to @netgearhelp on Twitter pointing them to your Macintouch story (#18082) resulted in a speedy reply.. with a link to... Support... http://www.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx?cid=wmt_netgear_organic