[GH-ISSUE #221] MacOS binary opens in textedit #104

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Originally created by @thatnokiaguy on GitHub (Nov 1, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/feschber/lan-mouse/issues/221

Hi there, not sure if im missing something but the mac os binary always seems to open in text edit, which i dont quite get. running on Mojave.
Screen Shot 2024-11-01 at 12 23 00 AM

(a screenshot of what happens for me, with an embarrasing "how to screenshot on mac" search because i dont have a mac keyboard and dont use mac all that much)

Originally created by @thatnokiaguy on GitHub (Nov 1, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/feschber/lan-mouse/issues/221 Hi there, not sure if im missing something but the mac os binary always seems to open in text edit, which i dont quite get. running on Mojave. ![Screen Shot 2024-11-01 at 12 23 00 AM](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c8a87e62-605a-41ee-8f14-a13f87f9c797) (a screenshot of what happens for me, with an embarrasing "how to screenshot on mac" search because i dont have a mac keyboard and dont use mac all that much)
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@feschber commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2024):

The file is an executable binary. You need to open the directory from a terminal and run

chmod +x lan-mouse-macos-intel

to give it execute permissions and then

./lan-mouse-macos-intel

to actually run it.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2451579056 --> @feschber commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2024): The file is an executable binary. You need to open the directory from a terminal and run ```sh chmod +x lan-mouse-macos-intel ``` to give it execute permissions and then ```sh ./lan-mouse-macos-intel ``` to actually run it.
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@thatnokiaguy commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2024):

Ah, thanks for letting me know, I'll give that a shot when I get home!
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2024, 9:25 am Ferdinand Schober, @.***>
wrote:

The file is an executable binary. You need to open it from a terminal and
run

chmod +x lan-mouse-macos-intel

to give it execute permissions and the

./lan-mouse-macos-intel

to actually run it.


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