{"id":73697,"date":"2019-03-20T10:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T09:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/faqs\/problems-to-run-viafirma-java-desktop-mac\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T10:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:25:29","slug":"problems-to-run-viafirma-java-desktop-mac","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/faqs\/problems-to-run-viafirma-java-desktop-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"I can&#8217;t run Viafirma Java Desktop on Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"container pt-2\">If you have problems to run Viafirma Java Desktop on Mac, surely it will be because of some security changes in Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave versions. If we try to open an app from an identified developer that is not registered with Apple, a warning dialog box like the following will appear:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30555 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/desarrollador_no_identificado-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/desarrollador_no_identificado-1.png.webp 444w, https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/desarrollador_no_identificado-1.png-300x164.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We explain you how to solve this problem step by step<\/h2>\n<p>Go to \u201c<em>System Preferences<\/em> &gt; <em>Security &amp; Privacy<\/em>\u201d and in the \u201c<em>General<\/em>\u201d tab click on the \u201c<em>Open Anyway<\/em>\u201d option as shown in the image:<\/p>\n<p>You will have to perform these steps every time you run the application. So if you are going to use Viafirma regularly, you have another option:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30559 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/seguridadyprivacidad_mac-2.png-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/seguridadyprivacidad_mac-2.png-1.webp 574w, https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/seguridadyprivacidad_mac-2.png-1-300x235.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go to \u201cApplications\u201d, open \u201cTerminal\u201d and type and execute the command:<\/p>\n<p><code>sudo spctl --master-disable<\/code>This step will cause a permanent option to appear under \u201cSystem Preferences &gt; Security &amp; Privacy\u201d as shown below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30561 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cualquier_sitio-3.png.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"373\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cualquier_sitio-3.png.webp 574w, https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cualquier_sitio-3.png-300x235.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This as you can imagine is not safe for the use of other applications, as it will allow the download of apps installed from anywhere. But that&#8217;s your responsibility \ud83d\ude09.<\/p>\n<p>To return to the original state, just run in the Terminal the opposite:<\/p>\n<p><code>sudo spctl --master-enable<\/code><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"class_list":["post-73697","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-developers-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/73697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/73697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}