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yeah, 'cause that's so much easier than just saying yes to the prompt, or right-clicking and selecting open from the context menu


In macOS 15, there is no GUI bypass. Right click -> Open no longer works. xattr is "the way". I'm sure someone has probably created an Automation or something for it.


There's a small section in System Settings that they don't really tell you about that pops up when the OS blocks a file from opening. You can then override the block there. Yes, it's extremely annoying.


I have an alias set in my shell for `xattr -d ~/Downloads/.{dmg,zip,z}`.




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