{"id":7472,"date":"2021-05-01T15:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T10:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/?p=7472"},"modified":"2021-09-23T22:32:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:32:23","slug":"you-do-not-have-permission-to-open-the-application-mac-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/you-do-not-have-permission-to-open-the-application-mac-app\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLVED: You do not have permission to open the application \u201cMac.app\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7285882372855208\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I was just trying to open a macOS app packaged by a third-party software company that doesn&#8217;t exist anymore and I was getting the following error:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:bash\">You do not have permission to open the application \u201cMac.app\u201d.<\/pre>\n<p>Tried everything I could find to open the app and only the following solution worked for me \u2014 I had to sign the app again.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:bash\">codesign --force --deep --sign - \/path\/to\/the\/Mac.app<\/pre>\n<p>I hope this helps someone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was just trying to open a macOS app packaged by a third-party software company that doesn&#8217;t exist anymore and I was getting the following error: You do not have permission to open the application \u201cMac.app\u201d. 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