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I am trying to run the Chromium Browser app I installed from github many years ago, which use to run fine on my prior MacOS version but does not work on Catalina.

However, when I do run it I continuously get the following MacOS exception:

"Chromium" will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash

Then it gives me 2 options: 

1) Move to Trash
2) Cancel

How do I disable this feature that is built into MacOS (10.15.2 (19C57)).

Even if I right-click on Chromium app file and then select Open I get the exact same Error/Exception.

Catalina won't even give me an option to override the security feature so I can run the application.

I don't care for this MacOS security feature. I want to disable it so I run programs that I install myself.

Note this app is NOT Malware.

Also, in the Security & Privacy Tab there isn't an option to Open Anyway which is described on Apple's support website here Open Anyway

I've added screenshots for your reference.

Security & Privacy - General Tab Chromium

codingknob
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You can open it in Finder per this article.

Right-click and choose 'open'. Then confirm in the dialog. After that, you can open it in Terminal.

For Chromium, you might consider using Canary.

Ion Freeman
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You can remove the quarantine attribute in terminal via: sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/file

Jay Paroline
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