Running app on MacOSX Mountain Lion: Job failed to exec(3) for weird reason: 13

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00:00 Running App On Macosx Mountain Lion: Job Failed To Exec(3) For Weird Reason: 13
00:29 Accepted Answer Score 21
00:46 Answer 2 Score 1
01:11 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 21

Thanks to lanzz

I found out that the problem is permissions.

I used chmod +x to set the executable app under MacOS folder of the .app to make it executable and the problem is fixed.

ANSWER 2

Score 1

If chmod doesn't work for you:

I was getting the same error with an .app file extracted from a zip but the chmod solution didn't help. I eventually found this page which suggested re-extracting the file from the original zip using the Archive Utility. This worked for my case.

(I had extracted it using 7-Zip on a PC and picked it up on the Mac via DropBox which presumably mangled the permissions in some manner.)