[MlMt] Keyboard shortcut to upgrade to pre-release not working

Chris Jones cjones at mitoca.ca
Tue Mar 21 10:23:42 EDT 2023


Hey Eric,

I believe all the test builds will show up when you ⌥ + click "Check 
for Test Build". At least that's the behaviour I've always seen before 
and I've never run into this issue until re-installing my system.

-Chris

On 20 Mar 2023, at 18:07, Eric Sharakan wrote:

> Hi, a bit of a shot in the dark: could it be that because these are 
> not "released" test builds from Benny, that the update check logic 
> might not be working?  Or perhaps it is working, but just wanting to 
> downgrade you to r5950 (which is the latest "released" test build)?
>
> -Eric
>
> On 20 Mar 2023, at 20:47, Chris Jones wrote:
>
>> I just tried creating another account on my Mac, this is a clean 
>> install I did a few days ago and the same thing occurred under this 
>> user account. It's a brand new user profile that doesn't have any 
>> legacy profile data laying around and Mailmate starts as if it's a 
>> new user.
>>
>> Not sure what to say at this point. Especially since I've updated 
>> Mailmate once since doing the fresh install. When I updated it I 
>> downloaded the latest test release from the updates archive page and 
>> replaced MailMate. So realistically it's a fresh copy of the 
>> application.
>>
>> 🤷
>>
>> -C
>>
>> On 20 Mar 2023, at 17:20, Henry Seiden wrote:
>>
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> Do you have a way to try it either in a different user on the same 
>>> machine or on a different machine to verify whether it’s the Mac 
>>> hardware or the user settings causing this alone?
>>>
>>> I’m thinking it’s not MM. Hane not seen this reported by others 
>>> and I have not had this ever. Although I do remember a different key 
>>> combo bringing up the warning, just not which one (obviously not the 
>>> one you are using apparently).
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>>>
>>> Henry Seiden
>>> - -
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>>>
>>> On 20 Mar 2023, at 19:30, Chris Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Henry,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your response and feedback. If I go to the menubar and 
>>>> click on MailMate and then hold down the ⌥ key, it changes from 
>>>> "Check for Update" to "Check for Test Build", so I know the ⌥ key 
>>>> is working as it should. But when I click on "Check for Test Build" 
>>>> after pressing the ⌥ key, I'm presented with the prompt: "**You 
>>>> are Using a Prerelease**".
>>>>
>>>> At the moment I've manually upgraded to version 5958 and yet I'm 
>>>> still seeing this which is strange as this never used to happen.
>>>>
>>>> -Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 20 Mar 2023, at 14:11, Henry Seiden wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Chris,
>>>>>
>>>>> Should be  as you said, ⌥ + Menu> ‘Check Now’ dropdown. It 
>>>>> works here in both release and beta for me in OS 13.2.1 and 13.3 
>>>>> on MM 1.14 5950 and later. Is your keyboard somehow buggered up 
>>>>> gloving you the codes (maybe ⌘ instead?). You can bring up a 
>>>>> layout screen to confirm. Open Keyboard Settings to check.
>>>>>
>>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>>
>>>>> Henry Seiden
>>>>> - -
>>>>> Techworks Pro Co.
>>>>> E: info<at>techworkspro<dot>com
>>>>> W: http://techworkspro.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20 Mar 2023, at 15:46, Chris Jones wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure if this has to do with restoring my Mac from a 
>>>>>> backup, but I'm not longer able to use the keyboard shortcut ⌥ 
>>>>>> + "Check Now" under the Software Update section 
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