I am running Imac on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 (the device is too old to get more recent update, but it works fine so I want to use it).
I want to install Apache Open Office, version suitable for MacOs >=10.7.
I have downloaded the app from the apache site (since the Appstore doesn't want to list it), I can install it but can not run it, since the system blocks it because not downloaded from the Appstore...
How can I bypass this check?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
stevenvanbauwel wrote:
See screendump below (my settings in NL, but the bottom option is correctly selected: allow apps downloaded in app store and by known developers). The setting is active but still I receive the feedback message "open office can not be launched because the developer could not be verified".
That means that the developer did not sign the Apache Open Office package with an Apple Developer ID, or that for some reason, the digital signature is invalid. Or that they failed to notarize it – to submit it to automated tests by Apple's servers.
You could force Catalina to accept the package anyway - at your own risk.
Apple Communities – Apache Open Office v Mac OS
Safely open apps on your Mac - Apple Support
"If the app developer can't be verified and — in macOS Catalina and later — the app hasn't been notarized by Apple, macOS can't verify that the app is free of malware."
stevenvanbauwel wrote:
See screendump below (my settings in NL, but the bottom option is correctly selected: allow apps downloaded in app store and by known developers). The setting is active but still I receive the feedback message "open office can not be launched because the developer could not be verified".
That means that the developer did not sign the Apache Open Office package with an Apple Developer ID, or that for some reason, the digital signature is invalid. Or that they failed to notarize it – to submit it to automated tests by Apple's servers.
You could force Catalina to accept the package anyway - at your own risk.
Apple Communities – Apache Open Office v Mac OS
Safely open apps on your Mac - Apple Support
"If the app developer can't be verified and — in macOS Catalina and later — the app hasn't been notarized by Apple, macOS can't verify that the app is free of malware."
Check System Settings -> Privacy and Security (or whatever it was called back in Catalina).
There should be an option to add a third-party/untrusted app so that it can run.
You may want to consider installing LibreOffice instead. I have it installed on my Mac. The Mac downloads available from the developer are signed, so that they will work with a security setting of "Allow applications from: App Store & Known Developers." There is no need, with it, to allow unsigned apps (or an unsigned app) to run.
The current 25.8 version will run on Catalina – although when they come out with a 26.* version, that one will require Big Sur, and the 25.8 version will move to the "unsupported" archive.
+1 for LibreOffice. Updated far more regularly and with greater functionality than the dwinding on the vine OpenOffice. But as you have observed, in March, no more LibreOffice updates for Catalina based Macs, and since these restrictions usually come about owing to the age of a C compiler, I expect OpenOffice will have the same issues.
See screendump below (my settings in NL, but the bottom option is correctly selected: allow apps downloaded in app store and by known developers). The setting is active but still I receive the feedback message "open office can not be launched because the developer could not be verified".
The current system requirements for LibreOffice 26.2.0 now require macOS Big Sur. That is why 25.8.4 still works on Catalina. Compile means to me that you are building the application from its source pool. Why? You can directly download LO 25.8.4, though be sure to get the Intel version and not the Apple Silicon build.
The supporting PDF documentation for the individual LIbreOffice apps is available too.
You are right - current available Libre Office version 26.2.0 does not run, but strangely enough 25.8.4. does compile and seems to run. I will do some further testing on this version.
Thank you
installing Apache Open Office
