[Bug]: Apple cannot check for malicious software

[jesstokes]

Verified issue does not already exist?

• [X] I have searched and found no existing issue
• [X] I will be providing steps how to reproduce the bug (in most cases this will also mean uploading a demo budget file)

What happened?

I downloaded the Mac desktop client here: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/releases/latest/download/Actual-mac.dmg I moved the application to the Applications folder. I double-clicked the application to launch. A MacOS error message displayed:

"Actual" can't be opened because Apple cannot check for malicious software. This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more information.

MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1

Where are you hosting Actual?

Desktop App (Electron)

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Desktop App (Electron)

Operating System

Mac OSX

[wdpk]

related: https://github.com/contour-terminal/contour/issues/1421 they have a current PR that addresses it. https://github.com/contour-terminal/contour/pull/1541

@jesstokes the workaround is;

I had the same issue when installing using brew just now on the latest release (Sonoma 14.4.1). If you just open the binary after install you'll get a popup with no option to "Open" and no instructions for how to open. You have to right-click on the binary file (in /Applications) and select open there, and then a different popup says something similar except there's also an Open button :)

[jesstokes]

Workaround was successful. TY!

[MikesGlitch]

Will be fixed in the next release.

Working artifact: https://github.com/MikesGlitch/actual/actions/runs/10496563766