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'file' is damaged and can't be opened. - why ?

I simply copied these files from an external drive to my system drive.

The are both plain text files, and I can (in terminal) 'cat' the files and I can open the files in vscode. But when I try to view them in CotEditor (or TextEdit) I get this error.


'readme.txt' is damaged can can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.



How do I tell MacOS that I know better MacOS about this particular file - and it should just let me open it



Posted on Aug 19, 2022 9:56 AM

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Posted on Aug 19, 2022 12:09 PM

You won't find it there. I won't post it here due to today's security hysteria and social media insanity.


But the ultimate cause here is macOS Gatekeeper quarantine flags. If you are having trouble with them, I recommend research.

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'file' is damaged and can't be opened. - why ?

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