How do I stop Mac OS Monterey from verifying every time I open a Microsoft or Adobe app?

this would be bearable if it were not so slow. this verification takes several, 3-5 minutes on my 2019 iMac pro.

Sadly, the effective OS duopoly that exists means we are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, these days. Long gone are the days when Apple’s software was well designed and of a generally high quality.

Now all their efforts are towards cost/liability reduction whilst driving as much as possible into their cloud ecosystem. If this means causing apps that are not from the App Store to delay launch by up to several minutes, as we are currently seeing with apps such as Microsoft Office, then Apple are not going to prioritise fixing it.

I'm sure Microsoft will be delighted to have new users. We went the other way ... abandoned Microsoft because of , well ... Microsoft being Microsoft.

We all have the ability to choose what we want to spend our money on; and we all should do exactly that.

Has there been any solution to this? Getting ready to wipe this iMac clean and sell it.

60 seconds for verification would be REALLY fast. 5 minutes is as fast as I've ever seen.

I've had it take as long as 15 minutes, because of repeated stalls. Average is 10 minutes and one stall in the process. I normally go start an app, then run and get a drink or go to the bathroom and hope it hasn't stalled.

There are certain apps, like Lightroom or Photoshop, that "verify" at a minimum of once per week because there are so many updates. There are days when 30% of my time in Lightroom is waiting for the app to verify so that I can make quick adjustments and export a few photos. MSOffice updates about once every 2-3 weeks. These updates are installed in the background automatically, so maybe the solution is to turn off all updates to all apps?

Is there a way I can set up "auto verification" so that when an app updates, my Mac will automatically verify it? That would literally save me an hour or so a month. Otherwise I guess I shut off all updates, and then manually update on a Saturday morning when I'm doing laundry or something. This is total crap.

Hello ... It seems many of us have this problem but Apple has no solution.

WISH LIST: Apple to create a "white list" of apps that Mac OS will skip the verifying process.

Apple employees will not see your "wish" here. If you are serious about putting this before an Apple employee, you need this:

Feedback - macOS - Apple

...not these user-to-user forums.

It's nice this appears to have worked for you. However, I am using a 2017 mid-range MacBook Pro, so already fully PCI SSD based and as most Macs have been entirely SSD based for a number of years I expect most people here will also already be SSD based. I know this is speculative, because Apple like to keep all their cards off the table, in fact they don't ever play, but this problem strikes me as more likely to be a back end server/service resource management issue. I am saying this as an IT consultant with more than 30 years in this game.

I have seen this verification process take anywhere between a few seconds and up to a minute. As I have said, my money is on this being a back end server or service resource bottleneck. As Apple still runs a lot of their own cloud services on third party infrastructure, I expect this will be related. However, whether this is a client or back end process issue, it is a real one. If M1 based clients are not affected then Apple needs to look at what's going wrong for the Intel based Macs. Again, this is speculative but is based on looking into this issue for multiple clients across multiple sites and more than 30 years in this game.

Yes, I have the same problem and it concerns an app I downloaded from the Apple App Store.

I am really frustrated by this. It says the app is damaged and advises to remove and download again...

...and again... and again. Does someone have a real solution, someone, Apple maybe?

Dear Apple, I am URGING you to fix these ridiculous bugs! You have entirely ruined regular work flow for me and probably millions of others. It took me at least twenty minutes to "verify" Microsoft Word. And Adobe products, which I use daily to run my business, have the same issue. Yes, I understand the theory of protecting from third party software issue, but Microsoft and Adobe, c'mon!!! You obviously must realize that these softwares are updated constantly, much like yours are. As well, are the number one used softwares. I am beyond frustrated with this issue, and I GUARANTEE there are thousands if not millions with the same frustration. I am a diehard Apple user since the very beginning, but you are making it easier than ever to want to jump ship. I suggest you seriously consider figuring this out, and very soon!!

I totally agree that it is ridiculous to have to verify MS Office apps so often. Give the user the choice to trust Microsoft apps in Security Preferences.

I too am ready to jump ship and have been looking at returning to a PC because of this.

Hope you are listening Apple.

Thanks

I held the "On" button down on my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019) running Monterey for about 40 minutes and it just booted normally, no recovery mode ever came up. So much for your instructions. Problem persists.

Even after booting into recovery mode by pressing command R on boot, the security utility in the utilities menu only says I have to create a new firmware password, mthen it closes and… nothing.

Perhaps your advice should have some caveats like "this doesn't always work" or "if you have any other model and OS but mine, it won't work". Thanks for wasting my time.

I think you're stating what everyone already knows, EXCEPT on some computers this verification process takes anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes. I have a MBAir with M1 and it's just a couple of seconds. I have a 2018 iMac and I have to find something to do while I wait for it to verify. 15 minutes on the long end and probably 3 minutes is the shortest I've ever seen. So if I know I'm going to be using an Adobe or MS Product, then I need to step into the room and open them and have a snack or start a load of laundry while I'm waiting for them to verify. Because these two software packages seem to update continuously, I cannot predict when I'm going to be stuck waiting on them, so I always have to be ready for a 15 minute delay.

I think you need to reread this thread more carefully. Everyone understands what you're saying. It's just that for some systems, this is a 15-minute ordeal that happens often. MS and Adobe update their apps almost weekly, so if I don't use my MS apps often (on my 2018 iMac I use them about weekly) then it's more or less every time I open one of those apps that I have to take a seat and wait 5-15 minutes to start working. I've taken to avoiding that computer and using my new MBAir. Not sure if I'm going to get rid of that 2018 iMac, but it's really a problem to have to stop by the office 15 minutes early so that I can make sure that my apps are ready when I have to get work done.