Re: Help getting past Apple software checker?

[Perry Smith]

If you are on the latest macOS, you may have trouble opening files in 
~/Documents, ~/Desktop, and a few other places.

https://github.com/caldwell/build-emacs/issues/84 
<https://github.com/caldwell/build-emacs/issues/84> describes the symptoms and 
a few work arounds.  I’m not sure what the current state of the recent builds 
are.


> On Aug 28, 2020, at 3:57 PM, Maya Gilchrist <mayagilchrist@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That worked! Thank you so much.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 3:53 PM Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:28 PM, Maya Gilchrist <mayagilchrist@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I am having trouble opening Emacs version 27.1-1, getting the error
>> message
>>> "Emacs can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious
>>> software. This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for
>> more
>>> information." I am on MacOS Catalina version 10.15.5. I downloaded from
>>> https://emacsformacosx.com/.
>>> 
>>> Any insight is appreciated. Thank you!
>> 
>> Have you tried control-clicking on Emacs.app and click Open?
>> 
>> Yuan