macOS High Sierra is a great update and brings lots of new and much needed improvements but that doesn’t mean that some of the changes can’t be annoying.
To limit the risk of malware infections, the Gatekeeper feature of Mac OS X restrict the download and installation of applications to the Mac App Store and identified developers, namely to all the apps that follow Apple's PLA (Program License Agreement). Apr 25, 2021 Allow Applications Downloaded From Anywhere. The option for allowing applications downloaded from anywhere is hidden by default in Gatekeeper on Mac OS High Sierra, and can be changed if required. The following steps will show you how you can do that. Open “Terminal”: Applications - Utilities - Terminal. Although it is safe to install apps that Apple recommends, there are always scenarios in which you will need to download.app files from the Internet. To fix the “Move to Trash” error, we need to change the Allow apps downloaded from: option to Anywhere. You cannot do that since it is grayed out and disabled. Instructions on how to run applications that 'can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer' in Mac OS X Mountain Lion. To allow downloaded applications. Mac App Store and identified developers (default in OS X) – Only allow apps that came from the Mac App Store and developers using Gatekeeper can open. Anywhere – Allow applications to run regardless of their source on the Internet (default in OS X Lion v10.7.5); Gatekeeper is effectively turned off. Note: Developer ID-signed apps that have.
For example, just like in macOS Sierra, one of the changes that Gatekeeper comes with is that there’s no immediate way to allow unsigned apps to open.
Up until now, Gatekeeper also allowed you to open apps downloaded from “Anywhere” but that’s no longer the case. Of course you can still open unsigned apps, but it’s a pain in the ass.
Let’s say you want to open a free app like Audacity. Open it and you will get this pop-up…
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Ok, nothing new here. This was present in previous OS X version too. However, in previous versions you always had the option to set OS X and allow unsigned apps from “Anywhere”.
In macOS High Sierra that option is missing and, you will always have to go to System Preferences>Security & Privacy> and click on a new button that says “Open Anyway”.
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Luckily there’s an easy fix for this:
1. Open up Terminal, type “sudo spctl –master-disable”( no quotes ), and hit enter ( NOTE: you might not be able to copy – paste the command in the terminal. See the screenshot below to make sure you enter it correctly )
How To Allow Apps From Anywhere Mac
2. Type in your password ( you won’t be able to see what you’re typing ), and hit enter
3. You’re done.
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Now you can go to Preferences>Security & Privacy and choose “Anywhere”
How To Allow Apps Downloaded From Anywhere Mac
NOTE: if you want, for some reason, to go back to the way macOS High Sierra wants it all you have to do is repeat all the steps above but instead of “disable” change it to “enable”. ( i.e. “sudo spctl –master-enable” )