Can't Install on MacOS

[itzxko]

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Houdoku version

2.16.0

Operating system

macOS Sequoia 15.2

Steps to reproduce

1. Download Houdoku
2. Move it to Applications
3. Upon opening Houdoku it shows the file is damaged and should be moved to Trash

Expected behavior

It should have opened

Actual behavior

It says "Hodouku is damaged and should be moved to the trash"

Log files

No response

Additional information (optional)

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[xgi]

Unfortunately I don't have a mac so I have no way to debug this. Would appreciate if anyone else vouches that the latest version does/doesn't work. Also, is it possible to download the previous version and then update within the client?

[SiebeKeuppens]

I am on a mac too! And I can vouch that it does indeed show a dialog saying the app is damaged. It does so for Releases 2.16 and 2.15 as well.

For release 2.14, macOs states that the app can't be opened because the developer cannot be verified.
You can get around that by allowing it in Privacy & Security in your settings.

Once installed, version 2.14 of the app does prompt that an update is available, but trying to do so gives this error:

Failed to update
Error: ZIP file not provided: [ { "url": "https://github.com/xgi/houdoku/releases/download/v2.16.0/Houdoku-2.16.0-arm64.dmg", "info": { "url": "Houdoku-2.16.0-arm64.dmg", "sha512": "4T6ylUtz6tiU1m/4/yTn90tqWrWxZ2xS0Wwtz5RJZj9WcOSPuLS1bnaopWhXwqxiE6lddhVzXM9M9+vjCARmbQ==", "size": 149420740 } } ]

The app is usable, however plugins can't be installed so 3rd party sources are not an option.

[Ari-03]

I also vouch for this issue

[Alteration]

I experienced this error too and looking it up found that this can be due to the Quarantine flag on the app, I don't know why it states that it is broken instead of blocked and then allowing an override.

This can be confirmed by running (in a terminal)
xattr /Applications/Houdoku.app which should show a flag com.apple.quarantine when one of the "broken" version is installed.

You can delete/clear the flag and Houdoku appears to work fine.
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/file

This is bypassing security features so just keep that in mind.

I don't know if everything is functioning as intended as some of the sources seem to display nothing, but that may be normal(?)