maxgoedjen/secretive

macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Quarantine Problems: Agent won’t install

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#152 opened on Oct 10, 2020

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Description

macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Quarantine Problems: Agent won’t install

Installed using brew cask install secretive launched Secretive gui app and clicked Run Setup

Symptoms

On launch of Secretive gui app, orange band across the top: Secret Agent isn’t running. Run setup again to fix, action: Run Setup

tail -F /var/log/system.log displays:

Fix

as root: xattr -d -r -s com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Secretive.app

To never see the orange band again, add to the ~/.zshrc of your normal user:

Restart or re-Login

Check

if this directory does not exist: ls -ld ~/Library/Containers/com.maxgoedjen.Secretive.SecretAgent Ensure fix was completed then restart or re-Login

Contributor guide

Tech stack
swift
Domain
desktopsecurity
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
under 1 hour
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
macOS terminalknowledge of SSH agents
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60
Research direction
The issue reports a quarantine problem on macOS Catalina. The provided fix involves removing the quarantine attribute manually. A long term solution could involve updating the app's installation process to handle quarantine automatically, perhaps by using Apple's Secure Coding guidelines. See the issue for more details.
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