cpdf on macos Ventura

[vosslab]

cannot run cpdf despite many tries, only gives the option:

"“cpdf” will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash."

anyone else find a solution

[johnwhitington]

Sorry, you said macos Ventura in the title. Instructions to follow.

[johnwhitington]

Did you follow these instructions from the README?

'MacOS: The executable is codesigned, but not notarized. If it refuses to run the first time, go to System Preferences --> Security & Privacy --> General and click "Allow anyway".'

Also, please make sure you are downloading the "master" zip, not a versioned github tag.

[vosslab]

That does not appear to be an option in Ventura

I did not get the zip file, so I will try that

[johnwhitington]

I get this:

So I go to preferences and click on Open Anyway:

Then I get this:

I click Ok, and type in my admin password. Then I can run cpdf:

[johnwhitington]

Perhaps the README should link to a webpage showing these screenshots. I'll note that for the next release.

[johnwhitington]

Oh, you might need to also choose "App Store and Identified developers" too - that's why you might be seeing different messages from me - note I didn't see anything about "move it to trash".

[vosslab]

Are using macos Ventura 13.1. I had cpdf working on the previous versions of macos.

1. wget -c 'https://github.com/coherentgraphics/cpdf-binaries/archive/refs/tags/v2.5.1.zip'
2. unzip v2.5.1.zip
3. cd cpdf-binaries-2.5.1/OSX-ARM/
4. ./cpdf

[johnwhitington]

Please see my previous suggestion to download master, not v2.5.1...

[vosslab]

Sorry, about the master part. That worked! Thanks!

1. wget -c 'https://github.com/coherentgraphics/cpdf-binaries/raw/master/OSX-ARM/cpdf'
2. chmod 755 cpdf
3. ./cpdf
4. pop saying cannot check
5. System Preferences --> Security & Privacy --> General and click "Allow anyway".'
6. ./cpdf
7. works I was not sure where to find the master ZIP

[johnwhitington]

Great! Glad it's working.