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Fire.app can't be opened because it is from an unindentified developer on Mac OSX 10.8

miau715 edited this page Aug 29, 2013 · 1 revision

If you encounter Fire.app can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer on Mac OSX 10.8, please refer to following instructions.

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This is due to settings from "Security and privacy". Please open "System Preferences", then click on "Security & Privacy":

System Preferences

To edit the security settings, you must first click the padlock icon in the bottom left of the window, then change "Allow applications downloaded from" to "Anywhere":

Security & Privacy

That's it! You may now start Fire.app!