From 9c60259089b178946327f086d9752f1b6b3bc393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rhet Turnbull Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:48:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Added instructions for using pre-built executable --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a0f78a9d..b39f4706 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ Once you've installed osxphotos via the git repository, to upgrade to the latest git pull python3 setup.py install +### Installing pre-built executable + +You can also download a stand-alone pre-built executable--that doesn't require installing python--from the [releases](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/releases) page. Look for the file with a name similar to `osxphotos_MacOS_exe_darwin_x64_v0.42.9.zip`. In this case `v0.42.9` specifies version 0.42.9. Unzip the file and put the included `osxphotos` binary in your system path. Currently, the binary is not signed or notarized so you'll have to authorize the app to run in the System Preferences | Security & Privacy settings. It's also likely this executable will not run on M1 Macs. If you don't know how to do this, I recommend using `pipx` as described above. + ## Command Line Usage This package will install a command line utility called `osxphotos` that allows you to query the Photos database. Alternatively, you can also run the command line utility like this: `python3 -m osxphotos`