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After installing Lion, I get the warning: "[file name] is an application you downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?" also when opening audio and video files. Earlier it was just when opening new applications.
Does anyone know of a way to turn these warnings off, they are awfully annoying?
MacBook Pro, 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Sorry I don't have a solution for you - but I am very interested to know if there is one!
Both my son and I also have this warning when first opening a new app we have downloaded and installed, and although I have had no trouble with it under Lion (everything proceeds as normal for me), my son now gets the warning with all video and audio files as well - very frustrating!
There must be a trigger somewhere in there! Hopefully someone can help us out!
I found a way to disable all warnings for downloaded files: open the Terminal (in the Utilities folder) and paste this command:
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO
and then press enter.
Many thx for this - I will pass it on to my son who probably knows more about terminal than I do. Much appreciated!
Thanks for that command.
I am a beginner in Terminal and OSX permissions, but for the sake of other beginners:
I think that for this to work you may need to be logged in as an admin. I tried in my normal user account and it didn't appear to work nor was I prompted for an admin password. After repeating in an admin account the problem was resolved.
"[file name] is an application you downloaded from the Internet..."
