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Spotify Mac executable modes in 1.0.50 vs. 1.0.49
# In 1.0.50, no user besides the one who installed Spotify will be able to execute it. This means either other users on the system,
# or, if Spotify was deployed using any mass-deployment tool or installer package, and is owned by the root user, Spotify will not
# launch for anyone.
# Dir listing comparisons courtesy of https://github.com/poundbangbash
# 1.0.50
$ ls -l /Volumes/Spotify/Spotify.app/Contents/MacOS/
total 63160
-rwxr--r-- 1 homeadmin staff 30076384 Mar 1 13:36 Spotify
-rwxr--r-- 1 homeadmin staff 2220064 Mar 1 13:36 SpotifyWebHelper
-rwxr--r-- 1 homeadmin staff 35120 Mar 1 13:36 sp_relauncher
# 1.0.49
$ ls -l /Volumes/Spotify\ 1/Spotify.app/Contents/MacOS/
total 61760
-rwxr-xr-x 1 homeadmin staff 30087952 Feb 10 10:53 Spotify
-rwxr-xr-x 1 homeadmin staff 1496112 Feb 10 10:53 SpotifyWebHelper
-rwxr-xr-x 1 homeadmin staff 32288 Feb 10 10:53 sp_relauncher
# Fix possible (courtesy of https://github.com/fuzzylogiq) using, for example:
chmod go+x /Applications/Spotify.app/Contents/Frameworks/Chromium\ Embedded\ Framework.framework/Chromium\ Embedded\ Framework /Applications/Spotify.app/Contents/Frameworks/Spotify\ Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Spotify\ Helper /Applications/Spotify.app/Contents/MacOS/*
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