Looking at the DMG, it appeared to suggest Script Debugger goes in the /Applications folder. Any particular reason why the more appropriate /Developer/Applications folder was not used?
That’s the standard location for all applications. Not to mention that the /Developer/Applications folder doesn’t even exist.
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I think, perhaps, you are thinking of the /Applications/Utilities folder where Apple’s Script Editor is found. We’ve always considered this folder Apple’s place to put utilities.
Regardless, you can put Script Debugger wherever you like and it will operate as intended.
The /Developer folder existed at one time; Xcode cmdline tools used to install there.
- [Apple: FS Overview]@(developer.appleDOTcom/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articles/DeveloperDirectory.html)
- [O’Reilly: Mac OS X in a Nutshell: Developer Folder]@(www.oreillyDOTcom/library/view/mac-os-x/0596003706/ch15s02.html)
But it’s certainly not unlike Apple to change their mind about something (anything really regardless whether it makes things better or not). They changed Xcode once after a previous setup; this command became necessary if you wanted to reconcile their current mindset with its previous one.
$ sudo ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/ /Developer
However, it seemingly was moved afterwards to /Library/Developer. At least this makes more sense than putting it inside the application.
Apparently “[~/Developer]@(www.attributedstringsDOTcom/this-is-a-test/)” is still very functional from the user domain though, used for storing codebases.
PS: No links policy responsible for the screwed-up URLs