How can I determine if the third party software "Razer MacOS" is safe to load onto my MacBook Pro?

I've purchased a particular gaming mouse (a Razer Viper Ultimate) to use with my video editing work, but unfortunately the developer doesn't support Mac anymore (they don't have software that connects their mouse to osx 13.5.2; they stopped developing their Mac driver at osx 10.15).


I've found a third party piece of software called "Razer macOS" which is supplied via Git Hub; however when I try to load this software, I get the apple warning that the software hasn't been developed by an apple approved software developer, and of course it might contain malware.


Is there anyway to determine if this software is safe to use? (the mouse is useless without an apple driver)

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.5

Posted on Sep 18, 2023 7:45 PM

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Sep 19, 2023 8:13 AM in response to ZillaB

ZillaB wrote:

I've purchased a particular gaming mouse (a Razer Viper Ultimate) to use with my video editing work, but unfortunately the developer doesn't support Mac anymore (they don't have software that connects their mouse to osx 13.5.2; they stopped developing their Mac driver at osx 10.15).

I've found a third party piece of software called "Razer macOS" which is supplied via Git Hub; however when I try to load this software, I get the apple warning that the software hasn't been developed by an apple approved software developer, and of course it might contain malware.

Is there anyway to determine if this software is safe to use? (the mouse is useless without an apple driver)


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