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Firefox won't launch due to gatekeeper errors

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bill255
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I rebooted my Mac (OS X 12.3, MacBook Pro M1) and now I cannot launch Firefox. If I try to launch from the command line, I get:

``` $ open /Applications/Firefox.app/ The application cannot be opened for an unexpected reason, error=Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-10673 "(null)" UserInfo={_LSLine=3845, _LSFunction=_LSOpenStuffCallLocal} ```

That message was extremely confusing, so I opened up Console and watched for errors. I saw that Firefox appears to be blocked by gatekeeper:

``` default 19:57:14.261387-0400 lsd Missing iTunes metadata default 19:57:14.260143-0400 Finder bundle 0x4fd0 is launch-disabled and needs to be set trusted error 19:57:14.315341-0400 Finder LAUNCH: cannot open an app or documents for an app while it is waiting for gatekeeper approval, app=<private> default 19:57:14.317352-0400 dmd Received xpc stream event (distributed notification matching) with name: com.apple.LaunchServices.applicationRegistered user info: { 

   bundleIDs =     (
       "org.mozilla.firefox"
   );
   isPlaceholder = 0;

} default 19:57:14.321031-0400 Finder -[SFLGenericList _insertItem:atIndex:error:]_block_invoke item: C26F61B1-11C7-4C11-8159-A6704802E34F at index: 0 list: com.apple.LSSharedFileList.RecentApplications ```

I've attached a screenshot of the relevant section of

I don't think I have anything odd set up on my computer, nor have I messed with Firefox at all.

I attempted downloading a new copy of Firefox and installed it, but nothing changed.

Any ideas for how to get Firefox running again?

I rebooted my Mac (OS X 12.3, MacBook Pro M1) and now I cannot launch Firefox. If I try to launch from the command line, I get: ``` $ open /Applications/Firefox.app/ The application cannot be opened for an unexpected reason, error=Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-10673 "(null)" UserInfo={_LSLine=3845, _LSFunction=_LSOpenStuffCallLocal} ``` That message was extremely confusing, so I opened up Console and watched for errors. I saw that Firefox appears to be blocked by gatekeeper: ``` default 19:57:14.261387-0400 lsd Missing iTunes metadata default 19:57:14.260143-0400 Finder bundle 0x4fd0 is launch-disabled and needs to be set trusted error 19:57:14.315341-0400 Finder LAUNCH: cannot open an app or documents for an app while it is waiting for gatekeeper approval, app=<private> default 19:57:14.317352-0400 dmd Received xpc stream event (distributed notification matching) with name: com.apple.LaunchServices.applicationRegistered user info: { bundleIDs = ( "org.mozilla.firefox" ); isPlaceholder = 0; } default 19:57:14.321031-0400 Finder -[SFLGenericList _insertItem:atIndex:error:]_block_invoke item: C26F61B1-11C7-4C11-8159-A6704802E34F at index: 0 list: com.apple.LSSharedFileList.RecentApplications ``` I've attached a screenshot of the relevant section of I don't think I have anything odd set up on my computer, nor have I messed with Firefox at all. I attempted downloading a new copy of Firefox and installed it, but nothing changed. Any ideas for how to get Firefox running again?

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bill255
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Some discussion on matrix helped me figure out that it works if I install it to the desktop, but not to /applications

$ open -a ~/Desktop/Firefox.app/ $ open -a /Applications/Firefox.app/ The application /Applications/Firefox.app cannot be opened for an unexpected reason, error=Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-10673 "(null)" UserInfo={_LSLine=3845, _LSFunction=_LSOpenStuffCallLocal}

even though it's exactly the same bundle