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I want to be able to drag Findbugs to the Dock on my Mac. The problem is it's a JNLP.

Is there a distilled idiots guide to creating an Mac application bundle from a JNLP? I saw this article on the Apple website: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/03-JavaDeployment/JavaDeployment.html but it was a case of 'information overload'!

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Quoting from the Java Web Start section of the linked article:

Mac OS X’s desktop integration with Java Web Start lets users can create a local application bundle from any Java Web Start application. The Shortcut Creation setting in Java Preferences controls whether the user is prompted to create an application bundle when opening a Java Web Start application. Bundled Java Web Start applications have all of the benefits of native application bundles, which are described in “Mac OS X Application Bundles.”

Try looking in Applications->Utilities->Java Preferences. Click on the Advanced tab. You should see the Shortcut Creation setting. Let us know if it works for you.

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  • I changed the setting to "Prompt User" but I'm not getting prompted to create a shortcut. Could it be that it only asks on the first run of the app? (OS X 10.6.8 with Java 1.6.0_29) – Patrick Marchwiak Apr 04 '12 at 18:25