Error when you start On-demand Target on macOS
After downloading the On-demand Target package, if you try to start the application, you might see the error “The application "BigFixRC-xxx" can't be opened”.
This is because when a program is downloaded from Internet (no matter even if the site is trusted), the browser or any other application like the Archive Manager can flag the application as untrusted and put the file into quarantine by setting a specific file attribute. This prevents the application from being run.
To solve the problem, you can upgrade the server to a version greater than 10.0.0-0029 or you can perform the following steps every time when the On-demand Target is used:
- Save the BigFixRC.zip to the Downloads folder.
- Double-click on the .zip file to extract the
.app.Note: If you are using Safari, the .app gets extracted automatically.
- Open Terminal application and run
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine $HOME/Downloads/BigFixRC_-_xxx.app
chmod -R u+x $HOME/Downloads/BigFixRC_-_xxx.app
Note: You need to replacexxx
in the command with the string reported in your filename.
- Double-click on the .app or in the Terminal, run
open $HOME/Downloads/BigFixRC_-_xxx.app
.
The On-demand Target is started.