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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...
  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...