Yesterday in the
Datakam Player thread, the question arose about how to install software from an "unidentified developer" in Mac OSX from someone who is relatively new to the platform so I posted an explanation about Gatekeeper on the Mac OS and some instructions on how to do this. It was suggested that I repost those instructions here in the event anyone else might find this information useful, so here it is.
The "Gatekeeper" feature in OSX is one of those things that make Macs inherently secure by forcing the user to actively participate in the decision to allow installation of software from unknown developers that might turn out to be malware but could also simply be a legitimate program such as DashCam Viewer.
Go to the "Apple" symbol on the upper left corner of the screen and click on it to activate the drop down menu. Then select
"System Preferences".
You'll get this window. Click on "
Security and Privacy".
After the "Security & Privacy window comes up select Mac App Store and "
identified developers".
You could select "
Anywhere" but for general security it's not a good practice. Better to manually allow or disallow each install.
Now when you try to install software from an unknown developer it will ask you first. You'll get the following window.
Click "
Open" and then go through the usual authentication procedure.
There are a few shortcuts for how to do this but this is the basic method and this is a better way to explain how Gatekeeper functions.
