#5 macOS - app requires privileges

[Alberto Amatucci]

I'm on macOS Big Sur.
I receive this error while trying to open the app: "You don't have the required privileges to open the app "cellPAINT2D_2.0_Mac".
I have tried to execute the command "chmod", disabling gatekeeping entirely and removing the "apple quarantine" from the extended attributes (xattr command).
Thanks

[Adam Gardner]

I think you probably did the chmod correctly. However, I think the problem is your administrator privileges. Are you an administrator on the computer?

[Alberto Amatucci]

I am the only user of this computer.
This problem occurs also on another computer owned by a different user.
Please instruct me if you need any log from Console.app
Regards

[Adam Gardner]

Hmmm... Sorry for the difficulty!

have you tried any solutions in this thread: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/666611

I will install Big Sur on our mac computer and see if I can recreate the issue.

[Alberto Amatucci]

Hello,
I managed to solve it with this command:
"sudo chmod -R 755 Path\ to\ app\ file.app"

I don't know why but I guess that the other suggestions I found online omitted the R operand and the numerical values (favoring letters, like x).
Thanks