tsMuxer Open Source

[glc650]

The final build fails to open for me on macOS 15.4.1:

"tsMuxerGUI.app" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

[Selur]

@glc650: both command line and gui work fine here. Did you call:

xattr -rc "Path to ssMuxeRGUI.app"

to remove all those quarantine flags macOS adds when the source isn't registered/paying?
(Apples habit of telling the user something is broken, when the problem is a flag it itself added is the reason, is hilarious in a bad way.)

[glc650]

Originally Posted by Selur

@glc650: both command line and gui work fine here. Did you call:

xattr -rc "Path to ssMuxeRGUI.app"

to remove all those quarantine flags macOS adds when the source isn't registered/paying?
(Apples habit of telling the user something is broken, when the problem is a flag it itself added is the reason, is hilarious in a bad way.)

Never had to do that before but that did the trick, thanks.

[qyot27]

Originally Posted by Selur

@glc650: both command line and gui work fine here. Did you call:

xattr -rc "Path to ssMuxeRGUI.app"

to remove all those quarantine flags macOS adds when the source isn't registered/paying?
(Apples habit of telling the user something is broken, when the problem is a flag it itself added is the reason, is hilarious in a bad way.)

Wow. That would have definitely spared a lot of time messing around with Gatekeeper while prepping the latest AviSynth+ release.

It's even worse:

If you unpack a tar archive which has this attribute, all the unpacked files inherit the attribute. If an unpacked file is an executable and you try to execute it, you get the message ‘Operation not permitted’ and the execution fails.

So it's good to know that there is indeed a way of fixing downloaded stuff without having to suggest users disable part of the OS' security. That's just a bad look, even if the feature in question is more frustrating than helpful for anyone that knows what they're doing.

The funniest part is that aparently curl bypasses it entirely, because it doesn't set the attribute; web browsers do, but a literal downloading application does not (although I wonder how long until Apple starts shipping a custom version which does).