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Error on Mac OS Big Sur How to Fix App“is damaged and can’t be opened move it to Trash" , adobe zii

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How to Fix App “is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash” Error on Mac OS Big Sur

Use xattr on the App Throwing the Damaged Error

This is the easiest way to fix this problem. Generally speaking, if the app is still throwing a ‘damaged’ error message you might want to not use it. Launch Terminal and then issue the following command:
xattr -cr /path/to/application.app
For example:
xattr -cr /Applications/Signal.app
The -c flag removes all attributes, whereas -r applies recursively for the entire targeted .app directory contents.

xattr -cr /getlyrical.app
open /Applications/Get Lyrical.app

xattr -cr/Applications/iMazing.app
open /Applications/iMazing.app

xattr -cr /Applications/Folx.app
open /Applications/Folx.app

xattr -c /Applications/Gemini 2.app/
open /Applications/Gemini 2.app/

Enjoy🤪😎👍

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