By default, Gatekeeper will allow apps from the Mac App Store to be installed, as well as other apps that have been signed using a special certificate given to registered OS X developers.

Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion will automatically default Gatekeeper to only allow users to download software from the Mac App Store, and software that’s certificate has been digitally signed by a ...

Enter macOS Gatekeeper. A few years ago, Apple released a piece technology called macOS Gatekeeper that’s designed to ensure that only trusted software runs on your Mac.

Apple provides three basic settings for Gatekeeper in OS X Mountain Lion, but you can manage this service in finer detail if needed. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Gatekeeper Slams the Door on Mac Malware Epidemics. There are three ways to attack a computer — gain physical access, hit it over the network, or trick the user into running something they shouldn’t.

The combination of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper and Apple’s recently enacted sandboxing requirement for the Mac App Store will provide Mac users with significant protection from attackers, but ...

When sandboxing and Gatekeeper become de facto Mac standards, certain behaviors of automation technologies like AppleScript and Automator will change. Here's how.

Apple employed a Gatekeeper for its Macs to do one job: keep unsigned, unverified software out. It might be time to fire Gatekeeper, or hire a new one, as its failures have again been shown up by ...

This will reactivate the Gatekeeper feature on your Mac. Everything you need to know about iOS 9; TOPICS. Apple. Cory Bohon. Read more. Why betting on Mac security could put your organization at risk.

Gatekeeper is an OS X security feature that, by default, blocks all applications but those downloaded from the Mac App Store, or (optionally) apps from “identified developers.” ...

Apple introduced Gatekeeper in 2012, creating it as a method of protection for users against malicious threats by adding various layers of security during installation of Mac apps. The feature is ...

It works invisibly in the background, meaning it needs no maintenance or activation and doesn’t slow down your Mac. Gatekeeper, meanwhile, will prevent the app from opening without your ...