Can't be opened on OS X

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1

Everytime I try to install Sonarr it says “The application cannot be opened.”

I downloaded the .app from github.

I am running Yosemite 10.3, and am on an administrator account.

Please help.

2

We don’t host the compiled binaries for Sonarr on GitHub, what exactly did you download?

3

this website links to https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/wiki/Installation#os-x

from which I downloaded this https://download.sonarr.tv/v2/master/latest/NzbDrone.master.osx.zip file

Thank you for your help

4

Okay, that’s correct.

Was Sonarr ever running or it fails immediately at the first run?

5

it fails to open the first time I try after downloading it.

6

Okay, thats an OS X level error message, not something from Sonarr, I imagine there might be additional logging at the OS level, but I’m not sure where it is. This thread has a similar issue (which occurs after updating), but it might point you in the correct direction.

7

This is down to default security settings on Yosemite. Run sonarr and when you get the error, open system preferences and click on security and there will be a button to run the app that just failed to open. You will get a warning about not a known developer etc, just click open anyway and it will work every time after this.