macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by akoncius on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:13PM (#25077637)

simply doing “if server does not respond, don’t check anything” would be bigger flaw in design because that would mean just modify hosts file to localhost or something and the security check would be worked around.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by tshaddox on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:20PM (#25077695)

But Macs already work fine with no internet connection, and apparently modifying the hosts file does resolve this problem.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by theonemind on Thursday November 12, 2020 @09:57PM (#25078292)

Doesn't this bigger design flaw you describe apparently exist? I (and many others) did exactly that to get our machines responsive again, ocsp.apple.com 127.0.0.1 in the hosts file.

I don't understand what you mean.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by Swizec on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:20PM (#25077693)

This is how you could make Photoshop free back in the day. Add their stuff to /etc/hosts and voila

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by notnap on Thursday November 12, 2020 @10:09PM (#25078370)

Modern Adobe cracks are note that different in nature

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