[Qgis-user] Mac problem

[John Layt]

Hi,

Yes, the QGIS instructions are wrong due to confusion over left and right
click of the mouse. If you right-click, you don't need the Option key for
as long as I can remember. However, Macs don't have right-click turned on
by default, so right-click may not work for some users.

The preferred instructions should be as Apple says, to control-click on the
icon and choose Open from the context menu, after which a confirmation
dialog is shown and they need to click the Open button.

John.




On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 at 17:17, Andrea Giudiceandrea via QGIS-User <
qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> *John Layt*
> *Thu Jan 26 07:12:39 PST 2023*
> ------------------------------
>
> you need to manually
> approve the app by first right-clicking on the app and selecting Open from
> the context menu. The Option key is not required.
>
>
> So the instructions ("right-click on the QGIS app icon, hold down the
> Option key, then choose Open") on the QGIS website [1] are wrong? See a
> comment by a macOS 13.0 user complaining that "If you hold the option key
> you cannot choose Open" [2].
>
> Moreover, the instructions by Apple at [3] say: "in Finder locate the app
> then Control-click the app icon -> Open -> Open". It seems this worked for
> a macOS 13.0 user [4].
>
> Maybe the instructions are macOS version specific?
>
> Could a macOS expert propose an improvement to the instructions on the
> QGIS website?
>
> Best regards.
>
> Andrea Giudiceandrea
>
> [1] https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html
> [2] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/51616#issuecomment-1406762797
> [3] https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchleab3a043/mac
> [4] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/51616#issuecomment-1406795420
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