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macOS User Guide
- Welcome
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- Change System Preferences
- Change your desktop picture
- Add your email and other accounts
- Use a screen saver
- Change the picture for you or others in apps
- Set up other users on your Mac
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Change the system language
- Make it easier to see what’s on the screen
- Use accessibility features
- Run Windows on your Mac
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- Use Continuity across your devices
- Stream audio and video with AirPlay
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Hand off between devices
- Insert photos and documents from iPhone or iPad
- Insert sketches from iPhone or iPad
- Copy and paste between devices
- Use Apple Watch to unlock your Mac
- Make and receive phone calls on your Mac
- Control accessories in your home
- Send files between devices with AirDrop
- Use AirPods with your Mac
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- Manage cookies and other website data in Safari
- Use Private Browsing in Safari
- View privacy reports in Safari
- Understand passwords
- Reset your Mac login password
- Use keychains to store passwords
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Guard your privacy
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Protect your Mac from malware
- Control access to your camera
- Find a missing device
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright
Open an app by overriding security settings
You can open an app that isn’t allowed to open by manually overriding the settings in Security & Privacy preferences.
In the Finder
on your Mac, locate the app you want to open. Most apps can be found in the Applications folder.
Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
Click Open.
The app is saved as an exception to your security settings, and you can open it in the future by double-clicking it, just as you can any authorised app.
For more information about protecting your Mac from harmful software, see Protect your Mac from malware.
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