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By default Mountain Lion can only run software from the App Store or by developers Apple has specifically certified. You can tune this restriction both up ("Ap

by bishnu 14y ago

By default Mountain Lion can only run software from the App Store or by developers Apple has specifically certified. You can tune this restriction both up ("App Store only") and down ("any software can run").

Terretta 14y ago
By default, you can right click anything from anywhere and choose "Open". It will install/run, and you will never be asked about that program again. But you have to make a conscious decision to run it.
- Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
  That wasn't the case for me. Gatekeeper was on for appstore and signed applications and I had to disable it to install something I downloaded (ironically because OS X told me to - X11).
  - jonknee 14y ago
    Right click and choose open. Don't double click the app. It definitely works.
    - Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
      Ah yes. Didn't know about that.
masklinn 14y ago
> by developers Apple has specifically certified. There is no "special certification", it's just a matter of creating a developer account and generating a certificate. Also, right-click -> open will bypass the verification under the assumption that if you know about that command, you probably somewhat know what you're doing.