macOS Catalina: “Inky.app” cannot be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.

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macOS Catalina: “Inky.app” cannot be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. #225

Open ladyisidore opened 4 years ago

ladyisidore commented 4 years ago

Essentially, see topic -- I can't run the latest Inky release on macOS Catalina and I don't know what the work-around would be!

(Please don't suggest things like "switch to Linux"; I cannot justify switching my entire dev environment when I'm in the middle of a long-term project that's using technology and tools unrelated to ink and Inky.)

joningold commented 4 years ago

I run inky by alt-clicking and holding the alt key and selecting “open”, which launches a dialogue that allows you to run the app (* at least it did on previous OSXs and I think it’s alt-click. This is obviously a pain but you only have to do it once.)

Hopefully that will just work. -- Jazz, in Three-Four Time: A Novel http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004K1EYIE

thatrobotdev commented 4 years ago

If you go to System Preferences > General, and look for "Permit apps downloaded from:", select "App Store and Identified Developers", and it will give some leniency on some apps downloaded from the internet, including Inky for me.

(apologies for the screenshot in Spanish!)

ladyisidore commented 4 years ago

@joningold Mercifully, that worked! I was unaware that macOS still allowed the user to overrule system security like this, so thank you very much for the tip!