The malicious software warning when running an app - whitelist multiple files simultaneously?
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I'm on macOS Monterey and am running an application which depends on binaries for Postgres. So when I first start up the program, I get the "can't be opened b/c Apple cannot check it for malicious software..." for the binary file "pg_ctl". So I go into Security & Privacy settings and click the Allow Anyway button and all good, we're past that one.
The problem is there are over 50 dependency files that throw this warning. So I have to go through the process of allowing the file, kill the app process, start the app again to get the next file that needs to be allowed, for each individual file. This last install I did took 30 mins to get through it all. I now have to go install this on several other Macs.
So my question is whether there is way to "whitelist" all these files at once? Perhaps add all their paths to some plist somewhere? Or maybe use the xattr command shown in the accepted answer of this thread: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/366542/install-spotify-cant-be-opened-because-apple-cannot-check-it-for-malicious-so but do so to several files at once?
Asked by Stpete111
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May 19, 2022, 03:30 PM
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