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I reinstalled JW plug-ins but Finale doesn't open unless I delete those files.

Anyone knows how to solve this? --
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MacOS Catalina 10.15.6

My first guess would be that you should change your settings in the Mac OS System Preferences.
In the System Preferences there is a Control Panel called something like Security, of Safety, or something like that.

Thanks for the suggestion, I checked everything there and didn't find anything dealing with this. Must be something deeper. I also asked Apple community, no response yet

Maybe have a look at this viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18802&p=74467&hilit ... ied#p74467 and also viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18740&p=74153&hilit=Catalina#p74153

When you download the plug-ins, the OS adds 'quarantine' meta-data to them, and they won't launch until this is removed.

In the Terminal, type (followed by a space). Then drag the plug-in from the Finder into the Terminal window and press return.

To fix all the JW plug-ins, type something like:
(...or whatever the actual path is to your JW plug-ins.)

BT, I’ve never seen that. Is it because I’m still on High Sierra?

BuonTempi wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:15 pm

… … …To fix all the JW plug-ins, type something like:

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xattr -c /Library/Application\ Support/MakeMusic/Finale\ 26/Plug-ins/JW\ Plug-ins/jw*

(...or whatever the actual path is to your JW plug-ins.)

What's that final ‘jw*[/code]’? For me the path shows as ‘/Library/Application Support/MakeMusic/Finale 26/Plug-ins/JW plug-ins’ but I think I sort of get how to modify that for Terminal. I don't need this at present, but I suppose I may in the future, so useful to know. (Assuming I've first backed up everything via Carbon Copy Cloner and Time Machine.)

the jw* bit means "every file starting with jw".

Thanks everyone for your advice!

This site gives a few solutions to this problem:
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/23033

This is what worked for me:
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finalizer wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:58 pm

… … …
This is what worked for me:
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That does seem easier and safer for someone like me than getting into Terminal, although with 27 JW plug-ins currently installed…

I agree with David. Too many chances to screw up in Terminal: an extra space, a reversed slash, etc.!

Thanks for the tip.