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Re: macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass

#11

Post by breakfastduck »

Isthatablackgsd wrote: post #5
kstrauser wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What frustrates you about it? I rarely bump into Gatekeeper and I'm doing the normal dev things.

I'm assuming you don't use the package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts? this is where the gatekeeper will annoy the hell out of me. Apps installed via Homebrew often will encounter Gatekeeper alerts. Half of them will give the option to open it and the other half, the gatekeeper --demands-- gently ask me to put it in the Trash without the option to open it.

You need to disable gatekeeper like shown in another of the comments. It’ll permanently create a new option in your settings to allow installations from “anywhere” too.

Re: macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass

#12

Post by na85 »

Isthatablackgsd wrote: post #5
kstrauser wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What frustrates you about it? I rarely bump into Gatekeeper and I'm doing the normal dev things.

I'm assuming you don't use the package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts? this is where the gatekeeper will annoy the hell out of me. Apps installed via Homebrew often will encounter Gatekeeper alerts. Half of them will give the option to open it and the other half, the gatekeeper --demands-- gently ask me to put it in the Trash without the option to open it.

Homebrew apps only ask for permissions when they get updated because gatekeeper treats it like a fresh install, I guess.

Re: macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass

#13

Post by lovelyviking »

kstrauser wrote: post #4
smoldesu wrote: post #2

Gatekeeper is one of the most frustrating things I have to fight whenever I try using MacOS. It feels like DRM for my applications, which in turn makes everything feel clunkier, and less integrated. I would genuinely pay Apple extra for a version of MacOS that just trusts me and lets me install what I want without the some esoteric mechanism stopping me at every step of the way...

What frustrates you about it? I rarely bump into Gatekeeper and I'm doing the normal dev things.

Sometimes I compile my program and when I move it to the Applications folder and trying to run MacOS says, you do not have permission to do it. May be it's not a gatekeeper, who knows.

The keyword here is sometimes This is what I Love about current state of MacOS.

To fix it nothing works until you delete it completely and only then if you lucky etc ... It just reminds me those old good days with Microsoft many years ago. Turn it off then turn it on few times .. it may work ...

Re: macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass

#14

Post by herrkanin »

Isthatablackgsd wrote: post #5
kstrauser wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What frustrates you about it? I rarely bump into Gatekeeper and I'm doing the normal dev things.

I'm assuming you don't use the package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts? this is where the gatekeeper will annoy the hell out of me. Apps installed via Homebrew often will encounter Gatekeeper alerts. Half of them will give the option to open it and the other half, the gatekeeper --demands-- gently ask me to put it in the Trash without the option to open it.

I'm using homebrew all day long, and I don't remember ever having this issue.

Re: macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass

#15

Post by kstrauser »

Isthatablackgsd wrote: post #5
kstrauser wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What frustrates you about it? I rarely bump into Gatekeeper and I'm doing the normal dev things.

I'm assuming you don't use the package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts? this is where the gatekeeper will annoy the hell out of me. Apps installed via Homebrew often will encounter Gatekeeper alerts. Half of them will give the option to open it and the other half, the gatekeeper --demands-- gently ask me to put it in the Trash without the option to open it.

I use Homebrew daily. In System Preferences, I have Security & Privacy > General > Allow apps downloaded from: App Store and identified developers, and I don't remember the last time I got a Gatekeeper alert.

Re: macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass

#16

Post by Wowfunhappy »

breakfastduck wrote: post #11
Isthatablackgsd wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm assuming you don't use the package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts? this is where the gatekeeper will annoy the hell out of me. Apps installed via Homebrew often will encounter Gatekeeper alerts. Half of them will give the option to open it and the other half, the gatekeeper --demands-- gently ask me to put it in the Trash without the option to open it.

You need to disable gatekeeper like shown in another of the comments. It’ll permanently create a new option in your settings to allow installations from “anywhere” too.

Nitpick, I don't actually think the option in System Preferences is permanent? Is it still there if you change it back and restart System Preferences?

Re: macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass

#18

Post by xrisk »

Isthatablackgsd wrote: post #5
kstrauser wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What frustrates you about it? I rarely bump into Gatekeeper and I'm doing the normal dev things.

I'm assuming you don't use the package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts? this is where the gatekeeper will annoy the hell out of me. Apps installed via Homebrew often will encounter Gatekeeper alerts. Half of them will give the option to open it and the other half, the gatekeeper --demands-- gently ask me to put it in the Trash without the option to open it.

Ctrl+right click to get the option to open it.

Re: macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass

#19

Post by xrisk »

herrkanin wrote: post #14
Isthatablackgsd wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm assuming you don't use the package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts? this is where the gatekeeper will annoy the hell out of me. Apps installed via Homebrew often will encounter Gatekeeper alerts. Half of them will give the option to open it and the other half, the gatekeeper --demands-- gently ask me to put it in the Trash without the option to open it.

I'm using homebrew all day long, and I don't remember ever having this issue.

Homebrew cask.

Re: macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass

#20

Post by jrochkind1 »

savoytruffle wrote: post #8
kossTKR wrote: post #7

Does anyone know how trustworthy this objective-see project is? I remember once installing several of his apps, but then coming to the conclusion that i don't know enough - even though he consistently seems to find and fix flaws in OSX. Why isn't Apple hiring this man? EDIT: Why are people downvoting this question? If i'm implying something then i'm unaware of it.

Some people don't want to be coerced into working remotely near Cupertino …

i don't get it
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