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--- bootcat:help:download_mac_version [2020/11/04 11:51] – eros
+++ bootcat:help:download_mac_version [2021/03/18 14:11] – [Step-by-step guide (for novice users)] eros
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-====== How to download Mac Version ======
+====== How to download BootCaT for Mac ======
-Open a Terminal in your Mac, it looks like this:
+===== Quick fix (for experienced users) =====
+Just download it with Curl:
+<code bash>
+curl -o ~/Downloads/BootCaT-1.40.dmg https://bootcat.dipintra.it/download/BootCaT-1.40.dmg
+</code>
+You'll find it in the Download folder.
+===== Step-by-step guide (for novice users) =====
+Open a Terminal in your Mac:
 {{ :bootcat:help:terminal.png?nolink&800 |}}
+Once it starts you'll see a window like this:
+{{ :bootcat:help:console_1.png?nolink |}}
 Copy the following line and paste it into the terminal window:
 <code bash>
-curl -o ~/Downloads/BootCaT-1.3.dmg https://bootcat.dipintra.it/download/BootCaT-1.3.dmg
+curl -o ~/Downloads/BootCaT-1.40.dmg https://bootcat.dipintra.it/download/BootCaT-1.40.dmg
 </code>
-===== Why do I have to do this? =====
+You will see something like this:
-MacOS 10.15.X "Catalina" introduced security features that prevent unsigned applications downloaded from the Internet from running. BootCaT isn't digitally signed yes (we're working on it) and therefore a workaround is needed  to download and run it.
+{{ :bootcat:help:console_2.png?nolink |}}
-If you download the file directly with a browser, when you try to open the App, you'll get the message "BootCaT.app is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the bin":
+Press "Enter" on your keyboard, the App will start downloading, wait until it's finished. You'll see something like this:
+{{ :bootcat:help:console_3.png?nolink |}}
+Now close the Terminal, go to your Downloads folder:
+{{ :bootcat:help:downloads.png?nolink |}}
+Double-click on BootCaT-1.40.dmg, drag the BootCaT app to the Applications folder and then run it like any other app.
+===== Why do I have to do this? =====
+If you download the BootCaT DMG with a browser, when you try to open the App, you'll get the message "BootCaT.app is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the bin":
 {{ :bootcat:help:bootcat_is_damaged.png?nolink |}}
+This happens because MacOS 10.15.X "Catalina" introduced security features that prevent non-notarized applications downloaded from the Internet from running.
+Since BootCaT hasn't beed notarized yet (we're working on it), at the moment the workaround you see at the top of the page is needed to download and run it.