Re: [Exist-open] Cannot open existdb

[Elisa Beshero-B. <ebb...@gm...>]

Hi John,
Apple tries to prevent people from running software released outside their proprietary orbit. But you will still be able to open and run it, and other non-Apple-vended software too. These instructions may be helpful:

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/apple-cant-check-app-for-malicious-software-mchleab3a043/mac

Last spring, I drafted some instructions to assist my students to install eXist locally on Macs and PCs, building on the official documentation (trying to anticipate things that might go wrong). In case helpful here they are. I should probably add this Apple security issue to my document! 

https://github.com/newtfire/textAnalysis-Hub/blob/main/Install-eXist-dB.md

Cheers,
Elisa

Elisa Beshero-Bondar, PhD (she/they)
Program Chair of Digital Media, Arts, and Technology | Professor of Digital Humanities |  Director of the Digital Humanities Lab at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College 

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> On Oct 27, 2021, at 10:12 PM, John Preimonas <jpr...@ho...> wrote:
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>  Hi eXist-db folk,
> I have loaded eXist-db v5.3.0 and now Apple is blocking me from running eXist-db! I get the following message: 
> “eXist-db” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check if for malicious software. 
> This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more information. 
> Safari downloaded this file today at 11:34 from github.releases.githubusercontent.com.
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> Please help, as I cannot progress with using v5.3.0 or do I need to restore to my v5.2.0?
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> John Preimonas
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