I got a new Macbook recently which came with Leopard installed. And while this new OSX takes some getting used to (a big jump from Panther) I’m basically liking my new toy. There is one strange, troubling thing I have noticed since day 1. Every time I use Firefox (my browser of choice since I find Safari slow) this message pops up:
Of all the programs I have installed and/or downloaded, Firefox is the only one that gets this very big brother like message. So what gives? It's almost like Apple is suddenly acting like it’s 1984, passing judgement on me and my choice of browsers. (Think different much?) More importantly, anyone know how I can disable this?
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Are you running firefox from your applications folder? I only see this message when first opening any application I've downloaded from the net.
It's something wrong with your install though because the message is only intended as a warning on the first run. Apple isn't trying to "pass judgement" on your application choice.
Thanks for the advice. Firefox is in my apps folder but I already tried re-installing it once before. I'll try again. 3rd time's a charm, hopefully.
I've been having trouble using Firefox with leopard, as well. But for me, it constantly freezes when I try to close out, and makes me have to do a force quit. Annoying!
I'm using Firefox on Leopard right now, and have not had this issue. I even launch it from the Dock, no trouble at all. The primary thing I would suggest checking is in Safari > Preferences: Make Firefox the default web browser, if it isn't already... other than that, I'd have to think on it for a while.
Can't really help on Firefox issue (for me it works great on Leopard), but a small tip for making screenshots like this - just press Shift+CMD+4 and then Space. Then choose the window. This makes really nice shots of only that window, without any of the desktop/background items visible.
You don't like the cyan background I added in Photoshop for heightened effect? Sniff, sniff.
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This sounds like a permissions issue really.
Normal behaviour is that it warns you the first time, then flags it as removed form quarantine.
You can try one of these things:
1. Make sure you own the file by checking file information, then "sharing & permissions" to make sure you can read and write.
2. Log in as administrator and run it once, then it should be fine.
If that doesn't work then there is a solution by using the terminal, but that requires administrator permissions aswell.
Ahh, thanks Johan, great advice!
I was experiencing the same issue when trying to run Skype & Adium, but then I remembered that I installed the apps from an admin account but never ran them from there. The apps were marked as quarantined until the owner of the files ran them once. Now other users don't see the quarantine dialog anymore.
Thanks, again!