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Re: App can't be opened


  • Subject: Re: App can't be opened
  • From: Rob Petrovec via Cocoa-dev <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 11:45:00 -0600

The text in an error dialog is typically a washed down version of the actual
error.  See if you can get the user to give you a sysdiagnose log, taken just
after reproducing the problem, so you can check out the .logarchive to see what
the actual error was from the system.  It should provide more insight into what
the problem actually is.

btw, if you sent the app as a zip file you should double check the permissions
on the app, including its bundle contents.  Your uid may not be the same has
the users uid, so the privs could be set to not allow anyone but you to open
it.  Thats why installers are better than sending the raw bits.

—Rob


> On Sep 9, 2021, at 7:13 AM, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I have compiled my app for macOS 10.12, because one user runs macOS 10.13.
>
> Now he reports that he gets the error message "app can't be opened due to a
> problem"
> (the err message is in German, but I guess this is what it would say in
> English.)
>
> The error message does NOT say ".. unidentified developer"
> and it does NOT say ".. cannot check it for malicious software".
>
> I have notarized my app using Xcode's Archive utility.
> I sent the user the app as a zip file - if you want , you can try it for
> yourself:
>
>    https://owncloud.informatik.uni-bremen.de/index.php/s/9i3DCYodkgHZeZw
>
> It goes without saying that I can run the app from that very zip file on my
> Mac.
>
> Does anyone have an idea what might be causing this funny error message?
>
> Best, G.
>
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