What's special about /Applications on macOS Catalina?

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                          I'm building a macOS binary to accompany a Chrome extension using the Chrome Native Messaging API. When the binary (unsigned, unnotarized) is in my Downloads folder, Chrome is not able to launch it. However, when I move the binary to /Applications (per https://stackoverflow.com/a/59710823/12581350) , Chrome is able to launch it.

I was curious if anyone knows the reason why it's able to run from /Applications but not ~/Downloads?

Asked by crimson73 (31 rep)

Sep 10, 2020, 09:41 PM
Last activity: Sep 10, 2020, 11:48 PM

What's special about /Applications on macOS Catalina?

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