Re: Can't open Emacs

[Patrick Mahan]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 6:06 PM Gene B. Gragg <gbgg@uchicago.edu> wrote:

> I have been trying to reinstall GNU Emacs (my principal text editor for at
> least the last ten years) on a recently acquired MacBook Pro (macOS
> Catalina Version 10.15.7). I unfortunately first trashed the existing
> version. I have tried both installing with home-brew (brew cask install
> emacs) and downloading from emacsformacosx.com. When I try to open the
> application in either case I get, again and again, the 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 have under Security & Privacy the following set -

    Allow apps downloaded from:
        x App Store and identified developers

And I am running Catalina (10.15.7) on my macbook pro.

Patrick