mscript reports "java not installed" on Mac M5 works on other platforms

[wiggi88]

(14-07-2026 10:18)simoncn Wrote:  Thanks for letting me know about this problem. The default location of the java executable has changed and mscript has not been updated to recognise the new location.

As a workaround, you can run the following command to do a rescan:

java -jar /Applications/MinimServer.app/Contents/Java/mscript.jar -c rescan

I tried this on macOS Tahoe and it failed with this message:

Server not responding: localhost:9790

I think this is happening because the java executable is not configured with the necessary permission to access the macOS local network. This permission is required if you are running macOS Sequoia or Tahoe.

The HTTP POST format is described in this section. For this to work, the application sending the HTTP POST must be configured with the necessary permission to access the macOS local network.

I will fix the mscript problem with the java executable location and I will think about how to work around this macOS local network access limitation.

Thank you for the prompt reply.

java -jar /Applications/MinimServer.app/Contents/Java/mscript.jar -c rescan works on my Mac.

I couldn't work out how to send a POST command from the documentation but I found the format that mscript uses from a working linux installation and Wireshark. This command works on my Mac:

curl -X POST http://<IP Address>:9790 -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -d rescan