Mac users

[Ian McDonald]

> On 1 May 2017, at 16:28, Ian McDonald <3falconer at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
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>> On 1 May 2017, at 14:53, Pablo Byrne <byrnepablo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Given the recent upheaval and the notes that came with get player
>> automator release GiA 1.8.8-pre.5 for Mac, are there Mac alternatives
>> or is this close to the end of the road for the mac app?
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> I followed the alternative given by squarepenguin of installing Homebrew.  It gave me access to GiP via the Terminal command box.  I have managed to download some programmes which I used to get with the PVR function in GiA, but I have had some odd effects which I can’t understand - but that may have been because I have been using GiA since 2010, and haven’t had to think much about the complexities of GiP.
> 
> I would like to express my appreciation for the work done by the author of GiA, Dinky Pumpkin, and the others who gave us this programme which has made life easier for us.
> 
> What is bothering me is that I seem to be drawing blanks even when I can watch programmes on the BBC iPlayer.  For example, the first two episodes of Ceol Aig A Chaisteal both play in iPlayer, but my attempts earlier today    cut

I am impressed.

I looked at Dinkypumpkin’s "Known Issues" dated 11 hours ago, and saw that I needed to add —future to the command,  and OF Course it worked.

Many thanks.

Ian Mcdonald