What should you do when Gatekeeper refuses to let you run a newly installed app? How human paradoxical behaviour makes us do the wrong things.
Gatekeeper
Checks on app signatures and notarization of notarized apps will be performed each time they’re run. How to deal with problems, and what not to do.
There’s more to the quarantine flag, as it’s not binary on/off, and app translocation can trap even notarized applications if you don’t move them right.
Is macOS going to be like iOS? Not in Ventura, where notarization is improved with additional security checks. Here are the details.
There have been changes to the way that macOS 12 checks executable code when asked to run it. Summarised in a diagram.
Improves reporting of results on T2 and M1 Macs, and clarifies old versions of Gatekeeper seen on newer Macs. Recommended for all users.
Quarantine flags first appeared in 2007. This explains how they work, what they do, and the differences between app and document quarantine.
Is Apple going to meet the promises it made a year ago, to protect its users around the world from the risk posed by its online signing certificate checks?
Improved reporting of firmware, Gatekeeper, and clearer documentation are the main improvements.
From CompatibilityNotificationData to XProtect, details of all the security data and related components in Monterey.
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