

To override your security settings and open the app anyway: In the Finder, locate the app you want to open. It should look like this: Make sure ‘App store and identified developers’ is checked. The safest approach is to look for a later version of the app from the Mac App Store or look for an alternative app. With just a few clicks you can find it and make use of it. Therefore, in macOS Mojave, the option of installing apps from anywhere is not missing it is just hidden. Under Allow apps downloaded from:, click the dot.
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When you install Mac apps, plug-ins, and installer packages from outside the App Store, macOS checks the Developer ID signature to verify that the software is from an identified developer and that it has not been altered.

If you download and install apps from the internet or directly from a developer, macOS continues to protect your Mac.
