#3 ROMs not detected

[Chad]

I'm running Catakig 2.00b4 on macOS 10.13.3 (with an APFS boot volume). When I try to start up an emulator session, I get the following message: No ROM was found for this model! I've tried placing Apple II, II+, IIe, and IIc roms in the ROMs folder, as well as in the same folder as the app, and I've had no luck. I've verified that the roms are valid by sucessfully using them with Virtual ][.

[flodi]

The same here

[Guglielmo N.]

Hi guys, looks like this issue is caused by Gatekeeper (Apple security software), in particular the App Translocation, which was introduced in Sierra (see for instance https://eclecticlight.co/2016/06/16/macos-sierra-will-break-many-installers-and-updaters/).

Basically, this means that the Gatekeeper will copy the app to another folder with a random name before starting it. This of course breaks the relative path to the ROMs folder.

Fortunately, this is easily fixable.

1. Quit Catakig
2. Execute the following command from a terminal window.
   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Catakig/Catakig.app
   (Change the path if you installed Catakig in a different folder.)
   This will remove the extended attribute for unsigned images so the translocation will not kick in.

That's it.
HTH.

Guglielmo

[Chad]

Thank you, Guglielmo, that worked! Thanks to you, I just made it to Oregon in Oregon Trail. :)