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macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run not notarized or signed apps

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Re: macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run not notarized or signed apps

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Post by galleywest200 »

> In macOS Sequoia, users will no longer be able to Control-click to override Gatekeeper when opening software that isn’t signed correctly or notarized.

Will Right Click > Open still work? That is how I currently bypass this issue with unsigned applications.

Re: macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run not notarized or signed apps

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Post by AlexandrB »

akyuu wrote: post #9

It also adds a new permission prompt for screenshot and screen recording apps that doesn’t allow a user to permanently grant permission, but requires a weekly re-authorization. https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/06/macos-sequoia-screen-recordin...

I hate the periodic location permission prompts on iOS. Big tech companies are increasingly paternalistic with this stuff, like their users are all idiots who need to be managed like little children. Some other examples I've recently encountered:

    - 1Password requires supplying a password hint when changing the master password.

    - Unifi OS enforcing password quality requirements even when locally/self hosted.

    - "Set up later" (instead of "No") as the negative option for various "helpful" feature prompts in iOS.

Re: macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run not notarized or signed apps

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Post by idle_zealot »

amiantos wrote: post #13
usernamed7 wrote: post #6

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It's a cancer in the sense that it is a growing and spreading idea in Apple's ecosystem, and is strangling the usability of its products. It doesn't really resemble a genocide metaphorically.

Re: macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run not notarized or signed apps

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Post by lapcat »

al_borland wrote: post #4

I hope they will at least prompt the user to let them know what’s going on. I’ve run into this before on macOS, where an app wouldn’t launch, and on a hunch I went into the security settings and saw a section there were it was blocked and I could allow it. There was not even a hint of this in the error message when trying to launch the app. It was a very poor experience. I’ll also be curious if placing the app in ~/A…

> I hope they will at least prompt the user to let them know what’s going on.

They don't.

> I’ll also be curious if placing the app in ~/Applications avoids the restriction.

It doesn't.

Re: macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run not notarized or signed apps

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Post by lapcat »

galleywest200 wrote: post #12

> In macOS Sequoia, users will no longer be able to Control-click to override Gatekeeper when opening software that isn’t signed correctly or notarized. Will Right Click > Open still work? That is how I currently bypass this issue with unsigned applications.

Right-click and control-click are the same thing.

Re: macOS Sequoia makes it harder to run not notarized or signed apps

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Post by Hamuko »

galleywest200 wrote: post #12

> In macOS Sequoia, users will no longer be able to Control-click to override Gatekeeper when opening software that isn’t signed correctly or notarized. Will Right Click > Open still work? That is how I currently bypass this issue with unsigned applications.

No because Control+Left-click = Right-click.
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