Solved: Gatekeeper verifying Microsoft Office Apps on Mac, Ventura + older MacOses

After a bit more research, I came across an article which I link below, which has resolved this problem for me. I thought I would post it here to help others: Having had this problem for a while, that nearly every time I opened a Microsoft Office application, Gatekeeper would verify it before allowing it to run.

Wishing to stop this, I came here and found numerous questions, but no answers. After a bit of research, I came across an article that seems to have resolved the issue for me and thought I would post it here:

The pertinent section being:

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Add an Application to Gatekeeper Approval from the Command Line in Mac OS X

To add an application to Gatekeepers exceptions and approved application launch list, use the –add flag with spctl to approve an application launch. The following syntax style is appropriate:

spctl --add /Path/To/Application.app

For example, to add approval for the imaginary application called “GooseRoute” that resides in the users downloads folder, the syntax string would look like the following:

spctl --add ~/Downloads/GooseRoute.app

You’ll need to enter an administrator password to approve the application with Gatekeeper, otherwise you can prefix the command with sudo if you’re performing this from SSH or want to automate the process.

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To help those not so familiar with Terminal, if you have a Finder window open with the app you are wishing to approve showing, simply open and type into Terminal:

spctl --add

....and then drag the app you wish to approve, from the Finder window, to the Terminal window and drop it at end of the line you just typed. Your Mac will insert the correct path to the application. Hit Return, enter your password, and you're done. Quit Terminal and carry on!

Hope this helps someone!

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