1352203 - Try builds don't work on MacOS Sierra version 10.12.3

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Release Engineering :: General, defect)

Description

[Kathleen Wilson]

I'm running macOS Sierra version 10.12.3, and I haven't been able to figure out how to run a try build.

https://it.uoregon.edu/fix-security-settings doesn't work anymore, because the "Anywhere" option is gone.

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25088 doesn't work for me either.

I'm able to run nightly builds. I just can't seem to run try builds.

Please point me in the right direction.

Comment 1

[J.C. Jones [:jcj] (he/they)]

I believe this is a SecAssessment issue, where there's no longer a UI to call spctl.

I think you can open a Terminal and, within it, run:

sudo spctl --master-disable

to get the behavior back from El Capitan's option.

Comment 2

[Kathleen Wilson]

(In reply to J.C. Jones [:jcj] from comment #1)
> I believe this is a SecAssessment issue, where there's no longer a UI to
> call spctl.
> 
> I think you can open a Terminal and, within it, run:
> 
> sudo spctl --master-disable
> 
> to get the behavior back from El Capitan's option.


When I'm done testing, should I run something like:
sudo spctl --master-enable

to reset to the regular protection?

Comment 3

[J.C. Jones [:jcj] (he/they)]

(In reply to Kathleen Wilson from comment #2)

> When I'm done testing, should I run something like:
> sudo spctl --master-enable
> 
> to reset to the regular protection?

Yes, exactly.

There's also some finer-grained controls in there to permit special paths to be OK, but using the "big switch" seems easier to me.

Comment 4

[Kathleen Wilson]

Thanks! Worked like a charm!