Mac Sierra Settings Workaround

elminster

Unfortunately Sierra users have been experiencing issues with getting the settings to stick. Hopefully this workaround should provide a temporary solution to the problem.

Before proceeding please note the comment immediately below this post regarding the security implications of this workaround.

1. Open the terminal
2. Paste into it

sudo spctl --master-disable

3. Put in your password
4. Go to "System Preferences -> Security and Privacy
5. Click the lock at the bottom left and type in your password
6. Make sure "anywhere" is enabled




6. Launch whatever game this involves (BGEE, BG2EE, IWDEE)
7. Close the game
8. Open the terminal again
9. Paste into it

sudo spctl --master-enable

10. Go to "System Preferences -> Security and Privacy
11. (If necessary) Click the lock at the bottom left and type in your password
12. Make sure "Mac App Store and Identified Developers" is selected

You may now play the game and settings should remain what you set them at.

Note: Make sure "Mac App Store and Identified Developers" is selected after you go through these steps.

Illydth

Please note that during the point of this process (Steps 6 - 9) Security on your Mac is greatly reduced. Gatekeeper (the mac security application that tries to keep your system secure from bad applications running bad code) is actually turned off while "Anywhere" is set.

This shouldn't be a problem, so long as you're only running applications and games that you trust during this period. HOWEVER please note that any software you run during this period will automatically (and forever more) be treated as "Good" code.

While you have "Anywhere" selected, be very careful what application software you execute and my recommendation would be NOT to be browsing the web during this period.

Turn on anywhere, run the BG Games you play to get them to be trusted, and turn off anywhere / close the security hole before you do anything else.

SaltGordon

Forgive my ignorance but what terminal are you opening? Where does one input
sudo spctl --master-disable

tbone1

SaltGordon said:

Forgive my ignorance but what terminal are you opening? Where does one input
sudo spctl --master-disable

Terminal.app in the computer's Application folder. Or /Applications/Terminal.app if you prefer.

Launching it brings up a command-line terminal which some of us fogies used before GUIs were available. (And long after, too.)

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