2 quick questions

[Loa]

Hello,

1) Is the iCloud enabled desktop and documents folder an opt-in or mandatory feature?
2) Is there a way to permanently allow apps from any developper to launch without having to shift click every time?

Thanks!

 

[fisherking]

1. you can turn it on or off in icloud system preferences (there are a number of options there).
2. once you allow an app install or open an app right-clicking, it opens thereafter (at least, in my experience).

if i'm wrong about any of this, i will eat my hat (spoiler alert: i don't have a hat)....

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Hello,

1) Is the iCloud enabled desktop and documents folder an opt-in or mandatory feature?
2) Is there a way to permanently allow apps from any developper to launch without having to shift click every time?

Thanks!

#1 is configurable, as Fisherking said.

For #2, if you want to allow a given app to run, allowing it once whitelists it from Gatekeeper. If you're asking if you can turn Gatekeeper off, so new apps from "any developer" can run without shift-click, that is not an option in Sierra without some terminal stuff. Only options in Sierra are: Mac App Store only - or Mac App Store plus identified developers.

 

[fischersd]

For 2) the command is:

sudo spctl —master-disable

Hands @fisherking the salt. Bon appetite!

 

[fisherking]

For 2) the command is:

sudo spctl —master-disable

Hands @fisherking the salt. Bon appetite!

i wasn't wrong with what i posted, you're just passing on other information. plus i don't use salt...

 

[fischersd]

i wasn't wrong with what i posted, you're just passing on other information. plus i don't use salt...

Heh. Ok (on the salt) But I'm pretty sure if you don't do that with Sierra, you're always prompted for unsigned apps.

 

[fisherking]

Heh. Ok (on the salt) But I'm pretty sure if you don't do that with Sierra, you're always prompted for unsigned apps.

i have a couple of apps i had to control-click to open...but not since i first opened them.

if i'm still wrong about anything, lend me a hat. and i'll wear it...

 

[fischersd]

i have a couple of apps i had to control-click to open...but not since i first opened them.

if i'm still wrong about anything, lend me a hat. and i'll wear it...

Heh. Ok, damn you, you forced me to test it. . (I just presumed everyone was getting worked up over it earlier, so it must need to be disabled).
You are entirely correct!! I really don't understand why everyone was getting so worked up about the gatekeeper change. I just grabbed Subler from Macupdate, did a right/control click to open and never got prompted again - and the status of spctl is enabled.
I'll find an appropriately goofy looking hat to wear today, as penance.

So, to the OP - it seems to be the same as it was in El Capitan (maybe Apple was thinking of making it more restrictive, then backed down?).

 

[Loa]

Hello all,

Thanks for the answers. Glad to see that Sierra will be the first OS since 10.8 that I will want to install (instead of being forced to for various reasons).

Loa