Disable automatic backups in Glyphs 3

Glyphs
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How to do it in Glyphs 3?

Automatic backups, Google Drive and slow connection are a triangle of hell.

In Glyphs 2 I used NSDocumentController.sharedDocumentController().setAutosavingDelay_(0)

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It should work the same in Glyphs 3. But instead of zero, maybe use a longer time: maybe 2 minutes? Or disable the Google Drive syncing while working in Glyphs?

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The command returns this error regardless of the value:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<internal>", line 1
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'objc'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<macro panel>", line 1
NameError: name 'NSDocumentController' is not defined
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You need to add

from AppKit import NSDocumentController
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Then it says No module named ‘AppKit’
I have pyobjc installed, but I guess it doesn’t work right. I tried to uninstall and install again. Still Glyphs says No module named ‘objc’

Running Catalina 10.15.7

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How did you install pyobjc? You could use the Glyphs Python, that contains all you need.

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Installed with pip install --upgrade pyobjc

What do you mean Glyphs Python? What do I need to do?

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You probably need to do pip3 install pyobjc

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It returns “Requirement already satisfied”

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Can you do this in Terminal:

python3
import sys
print(sys.version)

and the Macro window:

import sys
print(sys.version)
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Sure, Terminal returns:
3.9.3 (v3.9.3:e723086bc3, Apr 2 2021, 08:20:09) [Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)]

and macro window:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<internal>", line 1
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'objc'
3.9.7 (default, Sep  3 2021, 12:45:31) 
[Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)]
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Then your system python is different than the one you use in Glyphs.
Do

import sys
print(sys.path)

in the Macro window. That will give a bunch of paths. That should give you an idea where that python is installed. There should be a path like this (the part before “Versions” might be different) /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9. Then change that folder to end with “/3.9/bin” and open it. In that folder you should find a “pip3”. Drag that file into the Terminal window and add “install pyobjc”.

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Yes, that did it. Thanks once again Georg!