08-16-2014
That worked.
I was not aware that the issue was you should not escape and quote.
In terms of the spaces, I agree; however, on apple, they create a folder called "Application Support" and there is no way to get around that, all software expects things to be in that folder. It is one of the annoyances of apple.
Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.
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