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Making TVShows a startup option

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Alessandro

27 Oct, 2011 07:17 AM

Hi Victor, always me here ^^. I was wondering if there was a way to get the Mac to start-up TVShows every time it is powered up. Being some sort of a newb, I do not know how to do it, and sometimes when I am away the Mac would reboot (power failures etc etc) and coming back home without my beloved shows is just to much ^^....

On another topic, is there a way to 'sync' the preferences (i.e. shows list as well as download history) on different computers?

thanks!

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Cristina Gómez on 27 Oct, 2011 07:44 AM

   

   Actually, the background process does launch every time you power up your Mac. At least it should, if you find yours doesn't please run this on a Terminal window and send us the result (they're two separate commands):
   ls -l ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
   ls -l ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.victorpimentel.TVShowsHelper.plist

   On your other question, you can sync shows and downloads across several computers by using the Miso feature, you can read about it in our blog. But keep in mind that it's a little unstable, if your internet connection fails, subscriptions may be lost. So it's safer to make a regular copy of your subscriptions file, which is stored in ~/Library/Application Support/TVShows 2/ (note: the Library folder is hidden in Lion, to access that you need to click Go -> Go to folder in the Finder menu and then paste the complete folder route).

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2. 2 Posted by Alessandro D'Er... on 27 Oct, 2011 09:21 AM

   

   from the first command

   total 72
   -rw-r--r-- 1 alessandro alessandro 589 13 Jun 12:33 com.adobe.ARM.925793fb327152fd34795896fa1fb9ffa268b2a852256fe56609efa3.plist
   -rw-r--rw- 1 alessandro alessandro 810 17 Dec 2008 com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist
   -rw-r--r--@ 1 alessandro alessandro 1133 26 Sep 13:18 com.google.Chrome.framework.plist
   -rw-r--r-- 1 alessandro alessandro 655 3 Oct 23:04 com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist
   -rw-r--r-- 1 alessandro alessandro 425 29 Sep 17:08 com.plexapp.helper.plist
   -rw-r--r-- 1 alessandro alessandro 452 29 Sep 10:32 com.plexapp.mediaserver.plist
   -rw-r--rw- 1 alessandro alessandro 836 6 Oct 18:06 com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
   -rw-r--r-- 1 alessandro alessandro 536 27 Oct 09:05 com.victorpimentel.TVShowsHelper.plist
   -rw-r--r--@ 1 alessandro alessandro 547 25 Sep 11:22 ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist

   from the second one

   -rw-r--r-- 1 alessandro alessandro 536 27 Oct 09:05 /Users/alessandro/Library/LaunchAgents/com.victorpimentel.TVShowsHelper.plist

   thanks for the rest, will import these!

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Cristina Gómez on 27 Oct, 2011 09:43 AM

   

   Permissions seem to be alright, can you run this?
   launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.victorpimentel.TVShowsHelper.plist

   It should return an error because it is already running (if not, it will be running now). Then restart and run it again, if it returns the same error then the background process is correctly loading upon system start up.

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4. 4 Posted by Alessandro D'Er... on 27 Oct, 2011 10:03 AM

   

   issue is that, after restart, the proces was not running. shall i remove and reinstall? how can i save all the settings/preferences etc?

   thanks for this very very very personalised help! will make another donation with the 3.0 version, of course!

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Cristina Gómez on 27 Oct, 2011 10:15 AM

   

   I assume TVShows is enabled in the preference pane...

   I detail the steps to reinstall TVShows, I hope this is a quick fix for resolving your issue (preferences cannot be imported, you have to manually set them, sorry):

   • Backup the folder ~/Library/Application Support/TVShows 2/
   • Empty the trash, if it isn't empty.
   • Go to the About tab in TVShows, click the uninstall button.
   • Open System Preferences (not TVShows PrefPane), if the PrefPane is still there, right click it and remove it.
   • Download the latest version from our website, and install it (if prompted, select "only for this user").
   • Copy the backup of your subscriptions into the Application Support folder and set your preferences.

   A quick way to see if the background process is running or not without having to use the Terminal would be to enable the menubar icon in TVShows. It will show up whenever the background process is running.

   Thank you for your support!

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6. 6 Posted by Alessandro D'Er... on 27 Oct, 2011 10:22 AM

   

   thanks - even after the whole reinstall shebang, I did not manage to get the preferences to restart. will try one more time. otherwise, no issues and will just wait for the next version!

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7. Cristina Gómez closed this discussion on 05 Dec, 2011 06:59 PM.