Monday, February 1, 2021
Tags
- Apple
- damage
- Mac App Store
- malware
- permissions
- report
You don't have permission to open the application or App will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash.
Monday, February 1, 2021 - Sam Rowlands
Updated: April the 11th 2021, to include links to our Permissions Reset application and Howard Oakley's article. Further update to include note about comparing entitlements and provision profiles.
Several people have contacted me since the release of macOS Big Sur, in that their customers are getting this error.
You don't have permission to open the application "<appName/>".
Contact your computer or network administrator for assistance.
In some cases, Apple even displays a dialog about how the application is malware.
"<appName/>" will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash.
Howard Oakley has also written about this issue when you dont have permission to run an app on an m1 mac/
Solutions
If you use App Wrapper to wrap your applications, download the latest release from ohanaware.com/appwrapper/
You can try using Permissions Reset from ohanaware.com/permissionsreset/
Also check and make sure that your application entitlements match those from the provision profile.