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How to disable are you sure you want to open this application dialog osx

May 13, 2012 — Osx

This post will show you how to disable the annoying popups when you try to launch an application for the first time on osx

optn the terminal and type:


defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool false

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1 comments

  1. Does not seem to work in Mountain Lion. After running the command and then killall finder I still get a warning every time I open a Stuffit archive, for example.

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