1821449 - not possible to use USB debugging on macOS 13 because adb can not be opened

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(DevTools :: about:debugging, defect, P2)

Description

[Sören Hentzschel]

Attachment: screenshot

STR:

0. use macOS 13
1. open about:debugging
2. enable USB debugging

Actual:

A dialog appears. It says that adb can not be opened because the developer is not verified. You can only move the file to the trash or cancel.

Expected:

I can use USB debugging.

Comment 1

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

I know I was seeing this dialog at some point, but it wasn't preventing me from actually debugging Firefox
I don't see the dialog anymore (on 12.6), not sure if I did something in the meantime

Comment 2

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

We got other reports for this as well
Seems like https://github.com/mozilla/devtools-adb-extension/pull/26 would help
Another thing to note is that you can install adb on your machine (see https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/), and about:debugging will directly use it.
Hope this helps!

Comment 3

[Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]]

Let's get the PR moving.

Comment 4

[Markus Stange [:mstange]]

I see this on my M1 Mac, too.

Comment 5

[Markus Stange [:mstange]]

brew install android-platform-tools is an easy workaround.

Comment 6

[Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]]

With https://github.com/mozilla-extensions/devtools-adb-extension/releases/tag/0.0.8 now available, macos users should no longer have any warning when enabling USB devices.