macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by jojobas on Friday November 13, 2020 @06:20AM (#25081176)

Here's a wild idea: don't block executables from running.

Or if you do, only do it for a set of known bad ones, as antivirus products do.

Do not put a cloud service (or anything for that matter) between the users and their ability to run what they want.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by antihero on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:28PM (#25129345)

Sure but how does that work? If a cert-revoked app is allowed to run, the damage is already done.

I think perhaps a better tradeoff would be if a revocation list could be synced hourly or so and the app could be checked sync locally and then asyncronously on open. And of course, always give the power user an option to ignore things.

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