Another attempt to have macOS users enable QGIS #1209
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Thanks @DelazJ . I'm not sure you have to go through Applications for this - it can be done from the icon on the bar at the bottom (from memory).
How about:
After installing QGIS, the first launch attempt may fail due to security protections. To enable QGIS, control-click on its icon and select Open in the context menu. A confirmation dialog will display where you you need to click the Open button again. This only has to be done once.
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@nickbearman Indeed, people don't need to go through Applications folder, but I don't think that macOS places icon of installed applications in the Dock by default. So the imho safest step is to ask them to use the Applications road. Also, Garth was mentioning that it would avoid people trying to ctrl-click the icon in the dmg file they are installing.
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@DelazJ Good point, thanks for clarifying. Yes this looks good, thanks very much for making the change
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@DelazJ, I think another issue now is that the message will result not translated in most languages. |
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Yes but that is the "issue" whenever we adjust strings. Let's hope translators will take it quickly. Or if you feel like mentioning this in the qgis-tr list... |
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Thanks for updating the instructions, just translated them to German.
Hmm, came along this ticket because a QGIS user contacted our user group regarding installation problems on Mac. If the next website will not be translated, I'm afraid there will be many requests like these... |
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Another related issue report: qgis/QGIS#55663. |
According to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRPFRLGFcOtJzpxJz8Jk2UTPXJIrCRz2GCiJ0LfiBYY
so there's a chance that there will be some translation also with the new website. |
Hopefully fixes #1195
I made a kind of mix between @nickbearman feedback and Garth's one in the mailing-list pointed by @agiudiceandrea i.e.
move the opening information above the button (hopefully people read that before they click) and focus only on what they have to do (notarization issues is QGIS burden...)