Services menu is empty?
in [UK Mac]
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From: Chris Ridd on 23 Jul 2010 01:49 I don't use it /much/, but just now I went to the OS X Services menu and all it had was a grey entry called "Building". In all apps. I don't know how long it has been like that, but is there any way to make it build and/or fix it? -- Chris
From: Chris Ridd on 23 Jul 2010 03:02 On 2010-07-23 06:49:55 +0100, Chris Ridd said: > I don't use it /much/, but just now I went to the OS X Services menu > and all it had was a grey entry called "Building". In all apps. > > I don't know how long it has been like that, but is there any way to > make it build and/or fix it? FWIW running /System/Library/CoreServices/pbs fixed it. -- Chris
From: Rob on 23 Jul 2010 22:55 On 23/07/2010 08:02, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-07-23 06:49:55 +0100, Chris Ridd said: > >> I don't use it /much/, but just now I went to the OS X Services menu >> and all it had was a grey entry called "Building". In all apps. >> >> I don't know how long it has been like that, but is there any way to >> make it build and/or fix it? > > FWIW running /System/Library/CoreServices/pbs fixed it. > Mmmm - appears broken for me. Only a couple of Finder-related services appear. Tried double clicking that file and nothing changed. Any other ideas appreciated! Rob
From: Chris Ridd on 24 Jul 2010 01:45 On 2010-07-24 03:55:24 +0100, Rob said: > On 23/07/2010 08:02, Chris Ridd wrote: >> On 2010-07-23 06:49:55 +0100, Chris Ridd said: >> >>> I don't use it /much/, but just now I went to the OS X Services menu >>> and all it had was a grey entry called "Building". In all apps. >>> >>> I don't know how long it has been like that, but is there any way to >>> make it build and/or fix it? >> >> FWIW running /System/Library/CoreServices/pbs fixed it. >> > > Mmmm - appears broken for me. Only a couple of Finder-related services appear. That might be correct - what appears depends on what's selected, and what you've disabled in that menu. A working services menu also has a Services Preferences item at the bottom which lets you disable stuff. > Tried double clicking that file and nothing changed. Any other ideas > appreciated! I ran that command from the terminal. I don't think you can run Unix executables by double-clicking them. -- Chris
From: Rob on 24 Jul 2010 06:12
On 24/07/2010 06:45, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-07-24 03:55:24 +0100, Rob said: > >> On 23/07/2010 08:02, Chris Ridd wrote: >>> On 2010-07-23 06:49:55 +0100, Chris Ridd said: >>> >>>> I don't use it /much/, but just now I went to the OS X Services menu >>>> and all it had was a grey entry called "Building". In all apps. >>>> >>>> I don't know how long it has been like that, but is there any way to >>>> make it build and/or fix it? >>> >>> FWIW running /System/Library/CoreServices/pbs fixed it. >>> >> >> Mmmm - appears broken for me. Only a couple of Finder-related services >> appear. > > That might be correct - what appears depends on what's selected, and > what you've disabled in that menu. A working services menu also has a > Services Preferences item at the bottom which lets you disable stuff. > OK, sorry to be thick, all I've noticed is that a bunch of services that used to be associated with most applications are no longer appearing in the Services menu. For example, in Thunderbird, if I select text from this message, then access the Services menu, nothing appears except 'No Services Apply' (greyed out) and Services preferences . . . If I select Services Preferecnes/Services, a wide range of Services are selected, including the one I want - New Email with Selection. Restoring Defaults and selecting/deselcting services makes no difference. Selecting '+' simply adds an application shortcut - not what I want. Do you know how I would associate say Finder with a Service? Say, Show Info, which is selected in Sys Prefs/Services/Keyboard Shortcuts? >> Tried double clicking that file and nothing changed. Any other ideas >> appreciated! > > I ran that command from the terminal. I don't think you can run Unix > executables by double-clicking them. > Is the command sent from the user directory just: open /System/Library/CoreServices/pbs ? This returns: No languages specified - assuming English. Apple Help isn't much and curiously, exactly the same thing is happening on my other Mac. I think part of the thing is I've never used/understood Services a great deal. Now I see what's there I can see how useful it might be. Rob |