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[GH-ISSUE #407] auto-py-to-exe on macOS seems to have buggy windows behavior #330

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Originally created by @gernophil on GitHub (Jul 12, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe/issues/407

Originally assigned to: @gernophil on GitHub.

I am using auto-py-to-exe (version 2.36.0; installed in a conda environment, but using pip) on macOS and I am experiencing some buggy window behavior. Some of it appears random, some always. I am starting auto-py-to-exe without any additional flags and it opens normally.

Window issue 1:
However, sometimes, when click on "Import Config From JSON File", the opening dialog, where I can select the JSON file does just not open. This luckily happens rarely (estimated in 1 in 30-50 attempts), but if it happens it influences my whole system. I am not able to open any open file dialog in any other app (I tried e.g. Word, Firefox, VSCode). It's really annoying and I did not find a way to solve this. Up to now it always started to work again after some attempts or reboots, but I haven't found a reproducible solution for this yet. I never experienced this with any itNext time it happens, I will copy the terminal output and see if this helps. It was something about NS... which refers to the macOS windows system IIRC. I know it's a bit fishing in the dark with this info, but maybe it still helps.

Window issue 2:
Every time I click on "Import Config From JSON File" a black square windows appears, that's on top of everything and only disappears after I close auto-py-to-exe. This happens always (see screenshot), and it might be related to windows issue 1.

Windows issue 3:
Ok, for this I am not sure, if it's related to auto-py-to-exe, but I haven't used anything else while it happened. And this luckily happens really rare, but it did happened twice yesterday. auto-py-to-exe seems to crash my Finder. At least this happened while auto-py-to-exe was opened, and I also never experienced that before. Had to reboot the computer completely, since I wasn't able to just restart finder. It immediately crashed again.

Originally created by @gernophil on GitHub (Jul 12, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe/issues/407 Originally assigned to: @gernophil on GitHub. I am using `auto-py-to-exe` (version 2.36.0; installed in a `conda` environment, but using `pip`) on macOS and I am experiencing some buggy window behavior. Some of it appears random, some always. I am starting `auto-py-to-exe` without any additional flags and it opens normally. Window issue 1: However, sometimes, when click on "Import Config From JSON File", the opening dialog, where I can select the JSON file does just not open. This luckily happens rarely (estimated in 1 in 30-50 attempts), but if it happens it influences my whole system. I am not able to open any open file dialog in any other app (I tried e.g. Word, Firefox, VSCode). It's really annoying and I did not find a way to solve this. Up to now it always started to work again after some attempts or reboots, but I haven't found a reproducible solution for this yet. I never experienced this with any itNext time it happens, I will copy the terminal output and see if this helps. It was something about `NS...` which refers to the macOS windows system IIRC. I know it's a bit fishing in the dark with this info, but maybe it still helps. Window issue 2: Every time I click on "Import Config From JSON File" a black square windows appears, that's on top of everything and only disappears after I close `auto-py-to-exe`. This happens always (see screenshot), and it might be related to windows issue 1. Windows issue 3: Ok, for this I am not sure, if it's related to `auto-py-to-exe`, but I haven't used anything else while it happened. And this luckily happens really rare, but it did happened twice yesterday. `auto-py-to-exe` seems to crash my Finder. At least this happened while `auto-py-to-exe` was opened, and I also never experienced that before. Had to reboot the computer completely, since I wasn't able to just restart finder. It immediately crashed again. ![Bildschirmfoto 2023-07-12 um 09 52 18](https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe/assets/19264855/ba0e4243-b7ab-472e-b591-0e52f1695dac)

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2023):

👋 Hi, just a reminder that if you haven't read the help post yet, give it a read to see if your issue is covered in it and make sure to follow the debugging section.

Also please note, as stated in the README, if your issue is only associated with your application and not auto-py-to-exe itself, please do not create an issue in this repository - instead, comment on the help post, video or create a new discussion.

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2023): 👋 Hi, just a reminder that if you haven't read [the help post](https://nitratine.net/blog/post/issues-when-using-auto-py-to-exe/) yet, give it a read to see if your issue is covered in it and make sure to follow [the debugging section](https://nitratine.net/blog/post/issues-when-using-auto-py-to-exe/#debugging). Also please note, as stated in the README, if your issue is only associated with your application and not auto-py-to-exe itself, please do not create an issue in this repository - instead, comment on the help [post](https://nitratine.net/blog/post/issues-when-using-auto-py-to-exe/), [video](https://youtu.be/OZSZHmWSOeM) or create a [new discussion](https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe/discussions).

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@brentvollebregt commented on GitHub (Jul 13, 2023):

A quick note: I do not own a Mac so am unable to do any testing myself sorry.

Question 1

If there was something in the console, this would be suuuper helpful to have 👍

Question 2

Does this look related to #304 by any chance?

If you run this script in Python, does it lead to the same issue?

from tkinter import Tk
from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename

root = Tk()
root.withdraw()
root.wm_attributes('-topmost', 1)
file_path = askopenfilename(parent=root)
root.update()
print(file_path)

Question 3

I haven't heard anything like this before, but it may be related to question 1? Not sure.

@brentvollebregt commented on GitHub (Jul 13, 2023): A quick note: I do not own a Mac so am unable to do any testing myself sorry. **Question 1** If there was something in the console, this would be suuuper helpful to have 👍 **Question 2** Does this look related to #304 by any chance? If you run this script in Python, does it lead to the same issue? ```python from tkinter import Tk from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename root = Tk() root.withdraw() root.wm_attributes('-topmost', 1) file_path = askopenfilename(parent=root) root.update() print(file_path) ``` **Question 3** I haven't heard anything like this before, but it may be related to question 1? Not sure.

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@gernophil commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023):

Thanks for the reply. Been on vacation the last two weeks, so I don't have any update for questions 1 and 3. For question 2 I executed your small script. This does indeed lead to such a small window too, but this is attached to the opening dialog and fully responsive (see screenshot; sidebar and files not shown for privacy reasons). I don't think it's exactly the same. The terminal output also looks normal to me:

2023-07-31 08:26:11.877 python[2249:48258] +[CATransaction synchronize] called within transaction

(this line appears multiple times with recent tome and date)

I'll keep you updated, if I run into these errors again.

@gernophil commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023): Thanks for the reply. Been on vacation the last two weeks, so I don't have any update for questions 1 and 3. For question 2 I executed your small script. This does indeed lead to such a small window too, but this is attached to the opening dialog and fully responsive (see screenshot; sidebar and files not shown for privacy reasons). I don't think it's exactly the same. The terminal output also looks normal to me: ``` 2023-07-31 08:26:11.877 python[2249:48258] +[CATransaction synchronize] called within transaction ``` (this line appears multiple times with recent tome and date) I'll keep you updated, if I run into these errors again. ![Bildschirmfoto 2023-07-31 um 08 26 25](https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe/assets/19264855/228767c9-6a34-450d-a479-d41c296196a9)

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2023):

This issue is stale because it has been open for 60 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment on this issue or it will be closed in 5 days.

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 31, 2023): This issue is stale because it has been open for 60 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment on this issue or it will be closed in 5 days.

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Sep 6, 2023):

Closing issue due to no activity in more than 60 days.

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Sep 6, 2023): Closing issue due to no activity in more than 60 days.