From 35bc2117de96bed24652eecdcd9a0d791b1f2e6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Daniel=20Mart=C3=ADn?= Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 19:45:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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 ede83a6e7c0..f08ca45953b 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. -- 2.39.2