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How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - toasticide14 - 01-08-2017
Hello, I'm a noob with this kind of stuff, and I made a huge mistake when I was setting the paths after installing on my iMac.
I set my path to go to search in Macintosh HD (the Mac equivalent of the C: drive), and I had my 'search subfolders' option on. Now, whenever I try to start Dolphin, nothing shows up and I'm forced to quit Dolphin.
I deleted my build, reinstalled it, and the issue persisted.
Any way to find a way to edit the paths outside of using Dolphin on Mac?
I've searched for the 'Dolphin Emulator' folder, but I haven't been able to find it.
If anyone has dealt with this before, please let me know.
RE: How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - Neui - 01-08-2017
Looks like it is in "~/dolphin-emu". (~ is your home-folder). The easiest way is to delete the Dolphin.ini-File. If you want to keep your settings, in Dolphin.ini, search for RecursiveISOPaths and set it to False. If you want to be extra-sure, delete all lines starting with ISOPath. (With the latter you'll have to re-add the paths, if any)
RE: How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - toasticide14 - 01-08-2017
(01-08-2017, 03:02 AM)Neui Wrote: Looks like it is in "~/dolphin-emu". (~ is your home-folder). The easiest way is to delete the Dolphin.ini-File. If you want to keep your settings, in Dolphin.ini, search for RecursiveISOPaths and set it to False. If you want to be extra-sure, delete all lines starting with ISOPath. (With the latter you'll have to re-add the paths, if any)
I've tried to find that folder, but sadly, I haven't been able to find it. [attachment=15543]
RE: How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - JosJuice - 01-08-2017
It's supposed to be .dolphin-emu instead of dolphin-emu
RE: How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - toasticide14 - 01-08-2017
(01-08-2017, 03:22 AM)JosJuice Wrote: It's supposed to be .dolphin-emu instead of dolphin-emu
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No luck with that either. Could it be because I'm using a developer version?
RE: How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - JosJuice - 01-08-2017
I'm not sure where the folder is on macOS, but it's supposed to be the same both for developer versions and stable versions.
RE: How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - toasticide14 - 01-08-2017
(01-08-2017, 03:28 AM)JosJuice Wrote: I'm not sure where the folder is on macOS, but it's supposed to be the same both for developer versions and stable versions.
[attachment=15545]
I'm still not sure if something's wrong with Dolphin, but I can't find it.
RE: How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - JosJuice - 01-08-2017
I forgot that there was a place where I could look up the right path. This should work: ~/Library/Application Support/Dolphin/
(Neui was likely thinking of the folder's name and location on Linux)
RE: How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - toasticide14 - 01-08-2017
(01-08-2017, 03:36 AM)JosJuice Wrote: I forgot that there was a place where I could look up the right path. This should work: ~/Library/Application Support/Dolphin/
(Neui was likely thinking of the folder's name and location on Linux)
There we go! Thank you guys a lot, this has been a big help!
RE: How to stop Dolphin from using it's paths on Mac? - Neui - 01-08-2017
(01-08-2017, 03:36 AM)JosJuice Wrote: (Neui was likely thinking of the folder's name and location on Linux)I looked at https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/blob/master/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.cpp#L153 and thought, DOLPHIN_DATA_DIR is "dolphin-emu", like it is in linux. Just looked further and found https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/blob/master/Source/Core/Common/CommonPaths.h#L21 ...
Sorry for the confusion.