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> You need to know what to google for to find the right magic incantation to enter into the macOS terminal. You right click it and select “Open”... Almost all
by whywhywhywhy 6y ago
> You need to know what to google for to find the right magic incantation to enter into the macOS terminal.
You right click it and select “Open”...
Almost all MacOS users even the non-technical types encounter this at some point unless they go 100% Mac App Store which almost no one does if they have a job.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoI tested this just now on my Mac and “right-click -> Open” on an untrusted .app gave me the same warning message with no obvious way to force-open the app.
- my123 6y agoBecause it's “right-click -> Open” not once but _twice_. It's exactly the reverse of intuitive. There's also going to the Settings app and allowing the app, but no signs given to the user about that.
- weikju 6y agoAnd in that situation you have the much less obvious solution but still not Terminal: go in System Preferences -> Security and you will see a new button appear to allow the specific app to open
- m463 6y agoI think you need to be connected to the network for the button to show up.
- m463 6y agoAt first, it was "are you sure". Then later versions of macos wanted right-click open. Newer ones ... I don't even know. I gave up on catalina when I couldn't install little snitch without a network connection. (Apparently there's a way, but I don't know it - it wasn't csrutil)