Simple Fix for macOS broken app
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Allow apps downloaded from anywhere
Fire up a terminal, type the command:
sudo spctl --master-disable
Password:
Noted that your password will not be shown. After you run the command, goto System Preferences -> Security and Privacy -> General
you will see that there is a Anywhere option in Allow apps downloaded from
section
Modify Extended file attributes
If allowing app downloaded from everywhere doesn’t work properly, you could try the following command in terminal:
xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/file
where:
--help -h -- display help information
-c -- remove all attributes
-d -- remove specified attribute
-l -- display in long format
-p -- display value of specified attribute
-r -- act recursively
-s -- act on symbolic links
-v -- always display file name
-w -- set value of specified attribute
-x -- use hexademical format for value input and output
Noted that you need to drag the application to a writable directory first.
For those of you who are interested in the output of this command, see this post on stackoverflow