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    Gatekeeper and xcode cli tools

    Hi there, Yesterday i was completly reinstalling my MacBook from built in recovery, after standard configuration, app installation (App Store and trusted sources) i was installing homebrew from official site (brew.sh) with cli installer. GIT was installed from git command typped in terminal on...
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    Service to check macOS app for malware?

    Hello, I recently had someone on Upwork create a macOS app for me. Now, I have no reason to believe that they created a macOS app with malware included... I would like to trust... buit, I would especially like to verify. I haven't run the app yet, as Gatekeeper prevented it from opening...
  3. Nygaard

    macOS PSA: Bypass Gatekeeper for faster builds/development cycles

    A few years late on this, but apparently when Gatekeeper was added in Catalina, it caused quite the splash (see Allan Odgaard's post, MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design). One of the big issues is that syspolicyd (aka Gatekeeper) phones home to Apple before the first launch of any new executable: not...
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    testing application permissions for non-open-source application

    I'm trying to test application permissions for a webkit browser I've installed. When running spctl --list --type execute I get a long list of executables none of which include the applications name. I'm trying to determine how to interpret this exactly. What would be a normal expected output...
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    spctl command (Gatekeeper) - disabled list with News.app - app still runs

    I followed the guidance in this Stack Exchange answer. Ran the following commands: sudo spctl --add --label "DeniedApps" /System/Applications/News.app sudo spctl --disable --label "DeniedApps" News app (to be sure, this is the native Apple "News" app) can still be launched from the...
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  6. Catlord

    How does Gatekeeper work?

    Good day everyone! I've got a question regarding Gatekeeper. If an app was developed by an unknown developer—one with no Developer ID—or tampered with, Gatekeeper can block the app from being installed. https://support.apple.com/et-ee/HT202491 I get this is when you download the app from...
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