Utility to strip spurious quarantine flags from documents in folders, now runs native on Apple Silicon.
Sandstrip
Some documents can’t be opened with apps which should be able to edit them. These tools address problems with their metadata.
Utility to clear quarantine flags on folders of documents, now runs native on Apple Silicon.
Keep control over documents with quarantine flags to avoid bizarre security errors, using new versions of Pratique and Sandstrip.
This utility changes quarantine flags on documents as if XProtect had checked and cleared them, so they work normally again. First beta.
Full release of Sandstrip, a utility to remove the quarantine flags attached to documents by sandboxed apps.
Second of two, here looking at quarantine of documents, what it means, how it occurs. Much more common than apps, but mysterious.
First of two articles – this looking at how quarantine works for apps and other executables, details of the flag itself, how it behaves, and more.
This page is for your support questions and comments on my free utility Sandstrip. Full details, current versions, […]
A simple utility to remove the many quarantine flags which are written when sandboxed apps open movies, PDF, JPEG and other files, and can cause problems.
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