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emacs-28 35bc211 1/2: Document a macOS error message when opening Emacs
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
emacs-28 35bc211 1/2: Document a macOS error message when opening Emacs |
Date: |
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 14:25:22 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: emacs-28
commit 35bc2117de96bed24652eecdcd9a0d791b1f2e6d
Author: Daniel MartÃn <mardani29@yahoo.es>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Document a macOS error message when opening Emacs
* etc/PROBLEMS: Document a potential error message when opening Emacs
on macOS for the first time.
---
etc/PROBLEMS | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index ede83a6..f08ca45 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -2737,6 +2737,21 @@ If you do, please send it to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org so we
can list it here.
* Runtime problems specific to macOS
+** Error "Emacs can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious
software".
+
+Apple may incorrectly catalog Emacs as potentially malicious software
+and show an error that resembles the following when you try to open
+Emacs for the first time:
+
+ "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.
+
+To avoid this alert, open Finder, go to Applications, control-click
+the Emacs app icon, and then choose Open. This adds a security
+exception for Emacs and from now on you should be able to open it by
+double-clicking on its icon, like any other app.
+
** macOS doesn't come with libxpm, so only XPM3 is supported.
Libxpm is available for macOS as part of the XQuartz project.