Custom templates don't appear in GS

GarageSale
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I have been trying to create some custom templates for garage sale. I read the manual, googled it and read through this forum but I just couldn’t get it working.

I started by duplicating an existing template (GarageSale.app > Show Package Contents > Contents > Resources > DesignTemplates) moving it to (~/Library/ApplicationSupport/GarageSale/DesignTemplates) and then editing it by hand/dreamweaver. No joy.

I then discovered that there is the DesignTemplateUtility.app … I downloaded that, duplicated a template, changed a few bits and then saved and then chose “Show in GS”. No joy. My new template just didn’t show up.

Now, I have copied the template that was created by DesignTemplateUtility.app and moved it inside of the GarageSale.app (GarageSale.app > Show Package Contents > Contents > Resources > DesignTemplates) manually. Restarted GarageSale and there it is. In the list with all of the other templates.

How come the DesignUtility.app saves it in a place that doesn’t actually read into GarageSale. How come all of the literature (that I have seen) says to save it in the ApplicationSupport folder … that doesn’t seem to work for me at all. Does using the mac App Store to purchase GarageSale make a difference to the location that custom templates are read from?

Anyway, it seems to the be working, in a way, although I have to make changes and then restart GS every time to see how it looks. Any answers/thoughts/solutions welcome!

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Yes, the location for Mac App Store apps is indeed different, because they are running in “sandboxed” mode.
The correct folder in your case should be:

~/Library/Containers/com.iwascoding.garagesale/Data/Library/Application Support/GarageSale/DesignTemplates

Hope this helps.
Ilja

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Yep, thanks for confirming it and letting me know the preferred folder to save accessing inside of the app’s container. Maybe an update to the documentation would be good as I would have thought a large number of your users buy GS via the app store.