![]() ![]() Only apps downloaded from the Mac App Store can be run. The top setting, App Store, is the most secure and it improves the security and protects the Mac by preventing you from running or installing any app downloaded using Safari or another web browser. On the General tab are three settings under Allow apps downloaded from: Prior to macOS Sierra, there were three settings for Gatekeeper and these can be seen if you go to the Apple menu and select System Preferences, then click Security & Privacy. The aim of Gatekeeper is to prevent malware and bad apps downloaded from the internet from being accidentally installed on the Mac. Gatekeeper is a security feature that was introduced into OS X as far back as Lion and Mountain Lion. A useful function has mysteriously disappeared, but fortunately you can bring it back. Apple has tweaked many settings and functions in macOS Sierra and there is one puzzling change in Gatekeeper.
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