[Hopperxx] Mac says my projector needs Shockwave...

[Roy Pardi]

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On Mar 11, 2018, at 9:29 PM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com <mailto:jim at vispo.com>> wrote:
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> First, I had to solve the security issue, described here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFpVqkyXFy4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFpVqkyXFy4> . Macs have gotten outrageously paternalistic; you actually need to run a command line program and issue a command in it to allow execution of programs by "unknown developers". Seems like a grab to control the app space.


I don’t know from “Shockwave” (these last 10+ years…) but the "unknown developer” thing is a security measure: it means the app is not signed with a valid developer’s certificate. You can (usually) just run it by right-clicking on the app and selecting “Open”. An alert will come up asking for you to confirm if you want to run an app from an unidentified developer. You can turn the whole security thing off, if you want by going to, Preference > Security & Privacy and checking the “Anywhere” radio button.

The “Anywhere” option should read: “Do you feel lucky, punk?” 

It is generally a “good thing” to require that apps have a digital signature.

You can “sign” Director projectors (i.e. Code Signing Mac OS X Projectors <http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/publishing/codesign.htm>) but I’ve never done it.




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