Battlenet constantly updating

I followed Aunin’s instructions with some minor modifications:

  1. Go to Terminal
  2. Type ‘crontab -e’
  3. The Crontab will open. Press ‘i’ to insert a new line.
  4. Copy and paste ‘*/1 * * * * chmod 777 /Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft/.build.info’ (not including the quotes) onto the first line
  5. Press ‘esc’ (Escape)
  6. Press ‘:’ (colon)
  7. type ‘wq’ to save the Crontab

This will run a script in the background every 1 minute that resets the permissions on the ‘.build.info’ file from 666 (read-write) to 777 (read-write-execute). The reason you want to use the Cron is because every time you install a Battle.net update, or install a new add-on, the permissions get reset to 666, which is the issue.

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