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TL;DR

spctl

Manage the security assessment policy subsystem. Utility for managing Gatekeeper in macOS. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/spctl.8.html.

  • Turn off Gatekeeper:

spctl --master-disable

  • Add a rule to allow an application to run (labeling of rule is optional):

spctl --add --label rule_name path/to/file

  • Turn on Gatekeeper:

spctl --master-enable

  • List all rules on the system:

spctl --list

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