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Nermal said:
The steps in this post should work (although you might not want --deep). You need to use Terminal, but only once (as opposed to some earlier workarounds that needed you to use Terminal every time).
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Thank you for responding, which suggests that the answer to my initial post ("is there a solution to this issue that doesn't involve using terminal?") is "no". I don't have any experience or confidence in using Terminal, and have no idea what "removing the signature of the app and self-signing" means. So encountering this issue in 2025 is a real drag.
 
catch-pole said:
I'm talking about the digiKam app, which I'd like to use.
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If you have installed the latest digiKam pkg (digiKam-8.8.0-Qt5-MacOS), it has a script that signs the app by running:
sudo codesign --verbose --force --deep --sign - /Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/MacOS/digikam
sudo codesign --verbose --force --deep --sign - /Applications/digiKam.org/showfoto.app/Contents/MacOS/showfoto

It should work without any additional steps.

catch-pole said:
I have no idea what Sentinel is or what it's for, so I'm reluctant to go there.
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Sentinel is an app signed by the developer and notarized by Apple. That should make it safer to use than digiKam ;)
 
bogdanw said:
If you have installed the latest digiKam pkg (digiKam-8.8.0-Qt5-MacOS), it has a script that signs the app by running:
sudo codesign --verbose --force --deep --sign - /Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/MacOS/digikam
sudo codesign --verbose --force --deep --sign - /Applications/digiKam.org/showfoto.app/Contents/MacOS/showfoto

It should work without any additional steps.


Sentinel is an app signed by the developer and notarized by Apple. That should make it safer to use than digiKam ;)
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Sentinel is an app I have absolutely no need for or interest in, so being safer is kind of irrelevant. On the other hand, the digiKam app would facilitate my work but unfortunately I don't understand the advice you've offered or know how to proceed with it.
 
catch-pole said:
Sentinel is an app I have absolutely no need for or interest in, so being safer is kind of irrelevant. On the other hand, the digiKam app would facilitate my work but unfortunately I don't understand the advice you've offered or know how to proceed with it.
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I have downloaded the latest digiKam pkg (digiKam-8.8.0-Qt6-MacOS) but MacOS won't let me install it.
 
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