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It's not really a "warning". It's an alert that says macOS will not open this app. You _have_ to open it via Finder and Control-click + Open or there's no way t
by nighthawk454 4y ago
It's not really a "warning". It's an alert that says macOS will not open this app. You _have_ to open it via Finder and Control-click + Open or there's no way to get into the program. The first alert does not tell you how to do this, and other methods of launching (e.g. Launchpad) cannot be made to work.
So unless you know Apple's secret knock, it's functionally blocked.
- tpmoney 4y agoIt's hardly a secret knock. Both the linked help article and the system help both tell you step by step what to do and I don't have an app handy to trigger the dialog, but last I looked the dialog while it didn't give you the steps there has a link directly to the system help with the instructions.
- salawat 4y agoWhich no non-techie user will check, which means you will not be able to write software for that platform. Unless, of course, you use a dowmload method that won't set the quarantine bit on MacOSX. wget, for instance. Gatekeeper can go sod itself.
- daveidol 4y agoTrust me - outside of the HN technical crowd - people get very confused or scared by this and do not know how to proceed. It's a non-starter for most software aimed at the 'everyday user' crowd (I've seen the bug reports and customer complaints first hand).
- alwillis 4y ago> So unless you know Apple's secret knock, it's functionally blocked. That's way over the top. All you have to do it right click on the app and select 'open' from the pop-up menu. And it's not like there aren't thousands of articles available via the google machine to explain how to do this. It's just a minor speed bump to prevent unaware but vulnerable users from shooting themselves in the foot.