Solved: Allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere

[R3k]

This option seems to have disappeared from sight in System Settings > Privacy and Security. Has anyone been able to get it back or shed some light on the change?

ty

 

[dfritchie]

You are only suppose to get your apps from Apple........ You know, to protect you from the big bad world......

 

[owidhh]

Didn't this option vanish years ago? Instead, when a non-notarized app is run for the first time you get a popup telling you to trash it or visit Sys Prefs. You then need to click a button in Sys Prefs to approve it, or right-click the app and "Open" to approve running it...

 

[R3k]

Didn't this option vanish years ago? Instead, when a non-notarized app is run for the first time you get a popup telling you to trash it or visit Sys Prefs. You then need to click a button in Sys Prefs to approve it, or right-click the app and "Open" to approve running it...

Hmm I thought it was still there in Monterey, just checked and you are correct, been gone for a while. Thanks!

 

[fisherking]

You are only suppose to get your apps from Apple........ You know, to protect you from the big bad world......

you're kidding right? there are millions of apps that we can get directly from developers, from 3rd-party stores...

 

[Fishrrman]

OP wrote:
"This option seems to have disappeared from sight in System Settings > Privacy and Security. Has anyone been able to get it back or shed some light on the change?"

1. Open terminal
2. Type (without quotes) "sudo spctl --master-disable" (you can copy from here and paste it in)
3. Hit return, quit terminal
4. Check the "security & privacy" settings again.

Did that do it for you?

 

[R3k]

OP wrote:
"This option seems to have disappeared from sight in System Settings > Privacy and Security. Has anyone been able to get it back or shed some light on the change?"

1. Open terminal
2. Type (without quotes) "sudo spctl --master-disable" (you can copy from here and paste it in)
3. Hit return, quit terminal
4. Check the "security & privacy" settings again.

Did that do it for you?

That worked, thankyou sir!

 

[haralds]

I think the right-click/open and approve is the safest way to go.

 

[MarineBand5524]

This option seems to have disappeared from sight in System Settings > Privacy and Security. Has anyone been able to get it back or shed some light on the change?

ty

It's been that way for a while.

Open terminal

sudo spctl --master-disable

 

[dfritchie]

you're kidding right? there are millions of apps that we can get directly from developers, from 3rd-party stores...

Somebody missed the sarcasm.

 

[fisherking]

Somebody missed the sarcasm.

there are no inflections on an internet post, it's just text. some sort of indicator helps, ie 🙄

 

[Adadud]

there are no inflections on an internet post, it's just text. some sort of indicator helps, ie 🙄

The sarcasm couldn't have been more obvious... lots of indicators..

 

[fisherking]

The sarcasm couldn't have been more obvious... lots of indicators..

and yet, there is also a lot of whining & griping on the forum; sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.

indicators help... 🤔

 

[haralds]

"spctl --master-disable" globally removes an important security feature. I will live with "right-click open" for apps that I really trust.

 

[opalbrilliantia]

thank you this helped me <3