tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/problems/1664-unknown-folder-appeared-in-finder-after-install-of-latest-versionGPGTools: Discussion 2017-09-14T11:54:09Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/179445432012-08-12T16:13:24Z2012-08-12T16:13:24ZUnknown folder appeared in Finder after install of latest version<div><p>Hi Louis,</p>
<p>there's really no way this could have happened due to a GPGTools
installation, so I guess it was mere coincidence.</p>
<p>You can simply remove it by doing a right-click on it and
selecting "Remove from sidebar".</p></div>Luke Letag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/179445432012-08-12T16:16:42Z2012-08-12T16:16:42ZUnknown folder appeared in Finder after install of latest version<div><p>Hey Louis,</p>
<p>sorry to hear you are having trouble using GPGTools. Let's try
some things to pin down where this problem is coming from.</p>
<p>Could you please visit <a href=
"http://nightly.gpgtools.org/">http://nightly.gpgtools.org/</a> and
download the latest GPGTools_Installer-trunk.dmg file.</p>
<p>Run that on your system and see if the problem with the key
upload persists. There has been an issue in the past with key
upload but it should be fixed in the nightly.</p>
<p>About that folder: I honestly have no clue where that is coming
from.</p>
<p>All the best,<br>
steve</p>
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I was having. Very kind of you to do so. I always wanted to encrypt
my emails but the problem is most of the time the people one
communicates with do not use it.</p>
<p>I tried to drag the folder from the Finder but it 'bounced'
back. I tried to open it but it would not open. I tried to 'search
my Mac' to see where it was located but the result was '0 items'. I
noticed I was also unable to upload my keys to the Keyserver.</p>
<p>Therefore I started to be concerned. I revoked all the keys I
had created, backed up the revoked certificates to an outside Hard
Drive and deleted the keys. Then I uninstalled GPGTools. But lo and
behold the mystery file was still there after the uninstallation!!
Therefore I had to assume that GPGTools was not the culprit. And I
was more than concerned now!</p>
<p>I cloned the OS (sorry I forgot to mention this in my initial
post. It is OSX 10.6.8) and made a bootable drive on an external
hard drive. I erased my hard drive and then re-installed Snow
Leopard from the DVD. That was the only way I could get rid of this
folder!! I will never know its contents!</p>
<p>As I will re-installed GPGTools again soon, could please advise
if it is better to use the 'nightly build' or the stable<br>
one. I am still learning how to use this machine properly.</p>
<p>Also, I have installed the 'Little Snitch' software. I noticed
that whenever I opened Apple Mail with GPGTools installed the mail
application wanted to connect to GPGTools.org. Could you advise
why. Thank you.</p>
<p>Thanks again for the assistance.</p></div>Louistag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/179445432012-08-14T09:00:25Z2012-08-14T09:00:25ZUnknown folder appeared in Finder after install of latest version<div><p>Hey Louis,</p>
<p>wow, sorry to hear you going through a lot of pain re-installing
OS X. That's really annoying.</p>
<p>The OS X version info is very important. Since, if you are
running 10.6 you don't use the latest GPGMail 2.0 alpha version.
2.0 currently is 10.7 only. And GPGMail 1 won't receive any
patches. When we find the time, we might backport GPGMail 2 to 10.6
but that is a little down the priority list (GPGMail is not working
on 10.8 currently and that comes first).</p>
<p>As for the nightly, yes, I'd suggest you test the latest
nightly. Since it contains the very latest GPG Keychain Access and
the GPGServices which received quite a few nice patches lately.</p>
<p>Also, using LS you should be rather save and I assume the folder
in question was more a little finder glitch than a real threat. But
depending on your environment you'd rather make sure you have a
clean system.</p>
<p>Does this answer your questions?<br>
steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/179445432012-08-14T09:43:41Z2012-08-14T09:43:41ZUnknown folder appeared in Finder after install of latest version<div><p>Hi Louis,</p>
<p>uh boy, you sure went through a lot, sorry for that!<br>
As for the Little Snitch problem. You're asked because GPGMail
checks if a new version is available and would automatically
download and update itself.<br>
So you can allow that request without worrying.</p></div>Luke Letag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/179445432012-08-14T10:18:03Z2012-08-14T10:28:15ZUnknown folder appeared in Finder after install of latest version<div><p>Hi Steve & Luke</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. As I cannot use GPGMail version 2.0
because I have not upgraded to Lion yet, I suppose I can only use
only the latest version of GPG Keychain Access and GPG Preferences
which means I will have to deselect GPGMail when I install the
GPGTools bundle again. Am I right? This will be no problem because
one can always encrypt one's message, sign it in Text Edit and then
copy it to Apple Mail. Am I right? Thanks.</p>
<p>My suspicion is the mysterious folder is related to the
Keyserver because soon after it appeared in the Finder I was not
able to upload any key. One observation please: why is the
generated key immediately uploaded to the sever? Would it not be
safer to export the public key via email (in the clear) to the
other person to encrypt the message he/she is going to send me?
He/she can store it in his/her Keychain Access. In my humble
opinion the Keyserver introduces the 'problem' of revocation of
unused keys, their deletions and the storage of the revocation
certificates. Just a thought….</p>
<p>Thank you Luke for advising why GPGMail connects to GPGMail.org
as soon as one opens Apple Mail. It is good to know what is going
on in the background sometimes. :) LS helps.</p>
<p>Next week I will reinstall GPGPreferences and GPGKeychain access
again and I will deselect 'upload to Keyserver before I proceed
further and see what happens.</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p></div>Louistag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/179445432012-08-14T10:27:46Z2012-08-14T10:27:46ZUnknown folder appeared in Finder after install of latest version<div><p>Hi Louis,</p>
<p>no, GPGMail works very well under 10.6 too, it's only that for
OS X Lion we've had to write it from scratch and made it much user
friendlier, but of course you can still use it on 10.6</p>
<p>That the upload of the key failed is due to the fact that the
keyservers are very unreliable not much else unfortunately.<br>
You can change the keyserver in GPG Preferences. The MIT server
works quite well.</p>
<p>Basically the key is immediately uploaded to help novice users
with sharing their key. We might provide this as an option in the
future.</p>
<p>Let us know if you have any further questions :)</p></div>Luke Letag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/179445432012-08-24T16:51:56Z2012-08-24T16:51:56ZUnknown folder appeared in Finder after install of latest version<div><p>No further user feedback. Closing.</p>
<p>@Louis: Should your problem persist, feel free to re-open this
discussion any time.</p>
<p>All the best,<br>
steve</p>
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