Re: Unidentified developer

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 6, 2013, at 4:03 PM, c. wrote:

> On 6 Nov 2013, at 20:35, Daryl Lee <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> I can't find a better candidate list for this question; if there is one, 
>> please let me know and I'll move the request.
> the correct list would have been the help list, but there's no need to move 
> the thread,
> 
>> A few days ago I upgraded my Mac to Mavericks (OS X 10.9) and decided I 
>> should get up to date on Octave.  I downloaded version 3.7.7+ (Mountain 
>> Lion), installed it, and it fails to open because it is from "an 
>> unidentified developer".  Is that a Mavericks/Mountain Lion issue, and I 
>> just need to wait, or have I missed something?
> 
> Yes, you missed the fact that that version is just a temporary test build I 
> made as an experiment on Mountain Lion, and is not expected to work on 
> Mavericks.
> I thought that not advertising it anywhere only those I explicitely asked to 
> test would find it, but as you are not the first who dowloaded it and then 
> was surprised 
> to find out that it does not work on Mavericks, although it is named '3.7.7+ 
> (Mountain Lion)', I will now remove it.
> 
> c.

Carlo,

Did the previous report mention the part about "an unidentified developer"?

Maybe your app will run on Mavericks, provided the MacOS X gatekeeper is 
over-ridden?

        http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14369

Ben