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gwhiz
gwhiz

Reputation: 117

Atom suddenly causing a warning malware popup from MacOS Monterey

I've been using Atom for years on my Mac. I know it has been end-of-lifed by its dev team. I haven't installed anything new on it like plugins for many months. After the latest MacOS update, I get this popup when trying to open it: the popup warning

Does anyone know if there is a way to tell if my copy has somehow become corrupted, or if this is a false positive?

Many thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 727

Answers (4)

Isaac Betesh
Isaac Betesh

Reputation: 3000

If you want the current installation to continue working:

$ xattr -cr /Applications/Atom.app

I'm not sure what the security risks of this are.

Upvotes: 1

comet
comet

Reputation: 796

You might consider the Pulsar fork of the Atom project: https://pulsar-edit.dev/

I can't fully vouch for it because I'm just starting to use it, but it looks and feels the same to me.

Upvotes: 0

DanS
DanS

Reputation: 11

thanks for the info, i think it's the best time to find alternatives on text editors since Atom has been officially sunset (Sublime text?)

Upvotes: 1

gwhiz
gwhiz

Reputation: 117

OK I found out that github revoked the Apple code signing certificate and is now enforcing that. I found the answer on the Atom blog. So, I was able to download an older version and it works well.

Upvotes: 3

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