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How to "allow" 3rd party apps in Ventura 13.0?

I'm trying to play Bluestacks games on my iMac, on which I recently installed OS 13.0 Ventura. On starting the game now, I'm asked to accept extensions in System Settings. However in the System Settings > Security section, I see only 2 choices for "Allow applications downloaded from":

  1. App Store
  2. App Store and identified developers


In previous OS versions, an extra option to "Allow" or "open anyway" would appear if the app I want to run does not meet these requirement. But with Ventura this extra option doesn't appear.


How do I solve this problem?

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Oct 27, 2022 12:19 AM

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Posted on Oct 27, 2022 5:21 AM

lesliepillay wrote:

1. I'm trying to play Bluestacks games on my iMac, on which I recently installed OS 13.0 Ventura. On starting the game now, I'm asked to accept extensions in System Settings. However in the System Settings > Security section, I see only 2 choices for "Allow applications downloaded from":
App Store
2. App Store and identified developers

In previous OS versions, an extra option to "Allow" or "open anyway" would appear if the app I want to run does not meet these requirement. But with Ventura this extra option doesn't appear.

How do I solve this problem?



see if there is anything here:

Change Extensions preferences on Mac - Apple Support



>System Settings>Extensions


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Nov 12, 2022 1:12 PM in response to Bradford W. Miller

Bradford W. Miller wrote:

Ventura 13.0.1 seems to have re-enabled the ability to click right on the app, select "open" and then after the "broken" message have the option to open it anyway. So Apple fixed it (silently since I don't recall this being in the 13.0.1 release notes!).

That option was never removed.

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Nov 19, 2022 8:58 AM in response to sincerus

sincerus wrote:

You have to know how to 'turn on' this option via CLI commands. Open up a Terminal window and type the following:
sudo spctl --master-disable

Now if you go to Privacy and Security in the Settings area you will see an option for "Open Anyway".

As a software developer I hope that don't take this away.

Or, you can just ctrl-click on the app and choose "Open"

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Nov 19, 2022 12:44 PM in response to sincerus

I've tried installing multiple third party apps in Ventura and had no problems doing so as the button to "Allow" always appeared in the Security & Privacy Settings. This even worked for third party apps which included drivers. I tried apps from developers that were not part of the Apple developer program.


Of course I have had problems over the years getting third party apps to work because macOS does not always display the "Allow" button. My guess is the developer is doing something wrong when developing their apps for macOS, but it may also be the quirky nature of macOS as I have seen a lot of macOS quirks.


Like @Barney-15E says, Conrtol-clicking or Right-clicking an app to open it the first time is the most reliable method of making sure the app gets approved by macOS Gatekeeper. If you still have a problem, reboot the Mac. If you still have a problem, then reboot the Mac in Safe Mode and try Control-clicking or Right-clicking the app to open it. You may still need to reboot the Mac and boot into Safe Mode a second time. If Safe Mode works, then it means you have some other third party software installed which is interfering with the normal operation of macOS such as anti-virus apps, cleaning/optimizer apps, or third party security software.


If you still cannot run the app, then you need to contact the app's developer for assistance and to make sure the app is compatible with Ventura. Also, Ventura as an update to 13.0.1 so make sure you have this update installed as well.

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Jan 19, 2023 11:36 AM in response to lesliepillay

The first thing you need to know is that bluestacks won't work on any macOS above high Sierra, they are yet to release it still. To display the allow button you're looking for you'd need to disable the system integrity protection which you can do in recovery mode using the terminal prompt "csrutil disable". Even then, you'll get the error that you won't be able to install the helper just because the software doesn't support Ventura or Monterey! Hope that helps

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Jan 19, 2023 11:53 AM in response to zaponet

I mean yea sure I guess I wanna bet, you showed me a screenshot of Big Sur, I said it doesn't work on Monterey and Ventura so what's your point? I also managed to install Nox, but after seeing its reviews on trust pilot and the fact that better crew link doesn't work with it I decided that it doesn't replace bluestacks for me


if however you have figured out how to install bluestacks on Ventura ill take it, I have no idea how you'd do that since the official bluestack reddit/website says that it's not available for these systems


let me know!


edit, I said high Sierra in the previous post but it's in fact just anything up to Monterey, my bad

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Jan 19, 2023 1:22 PM in response to Mvrtin

Mvrtin wrote:

To display the allow button you're looking for you'd need to disable the system integrity protection which you can do in recovery mode using the terminal prompt "csrutil disable".

People reading this should be aware that bad things can happen with SIP disabled even without malicious intent. A few years ago a simple Google Chrome update kept Macs from booting...those Macs had SIP disabled, systems which kept SIP enabled did not have this issue:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/no-it-wasnt-a-virus-it-was-chrome-that-stopped-macs-from-booting/


If a developer is no longer supporting an app, then either keep an old supported system available, or run it in a VM. Or it is time to find another app to replace it which is supported on the OS you are running. Disabling macOS security protections can result in unpredictable behavior which may be hard to troubleshoot. Of course people are free to do as they want, but they should be aware of the risks and accept the responsibility of their decisions.

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