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I see a lot of people saying they disable Gatekeeper on purpose. Is the "right-click and open" trick that disables Gatekeeper for that app generally unknown?

by klausa 11y ago

I see a lot of people saying they disable Gatekeeper on purpose. Is the "right-click and open" trick that disables Gatekeeper for that app generally unknown? Or do people value not being assed to do it more than (potential) security upsides?

soccerdave 11y ago
I wasn't aware of this shortcut until now. I've been going the long route through Settings. Thanks for the tip!
- Eric_WVGG 11y ago
  same. Awesome, but unlikely to be common knowledge IMO.
galad87 11y ago
The right click trick works only if the app is not signed. If the app signature is invalid it won't work. You have to disable gatekeeper completely to open the invalid Xcode version.
- deleted 11y ago
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- gress 11y ago
  Why would you do that?
- jonknee 11y ago
  > The right click trick works only if the app is not signed. If the app signature is invalid it won't work. Is it possible that the malware version of Xcode had its signature removed?
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cheshire137 11y ago
Right-click and open doesn't always work.
- msbarnett 11y ago
  It will fail if the signature is invalid. Don't open it if the signature is invalid.