Alibi
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Installation & Setup

Install Alibi on macOS

Alibi is a single app in a disk image. Three steps and it is in your Applications folder.

  1. Download Alibi.dmg and open it from your Downloads folder.

    Recent download history showing Alibi.dmg

  2. Drag the Alibi icon into the Applications folder shown next to it.

    Dragging Alibi into Applications

  3. Open Alibi from Applications. The first time, macOS says it could not verify Alibi. Click Done, open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll to the Security section and click Open Anyway, then confirm. Alibi is signed but not notarized with Apple, so this happens once per download. If you would rather skip the prompt, run this in Terminal after step 2:

    xattr -cr /Applications/Alibi.app

    Alibi in the Applications folder
Why Open Anyway?Notarization needs a paid Apple developer account. Alibi is free and isn't notarized, so instead of paying Apple to vouch for it, macOS just asks you to confirm the first open. After that, it launches like any other app.

“Alibi is damaged and can’t be opened”? That was a bad build (0.1.0), not your Mac. Eject the disk image, download Alibi.dmg again and repeat the steps; 0.1.1 and later open the normal way.

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