MacOS: "serial" binary has "Mark of the Web" set. Will not run

[jullrich]

The "serial" binary downloaded as part of https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip has the "mark of the web" quarantine flag set. As a result, it will not execute and instead a security warning is displayed. I recommend adding this line to install-mac.sh after unzipping the file:

xattr -c serial-macos-latest/serial

this will clear any extended attributes like the quarantine attribute.

another option is to only clear the quarantine attribute:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine serial-macos-latest/serial

After clearing the attribute, the install script runs fine.

[phubbard]

thank you!

[ardaniel]

Trying to unset the xattr in question while you're installing rayhunter will give you a bad time that results in a crash, but you can reset the Orbic by holding down Menu + Power and rerun install-mac.sh to finish up.

[cooperq]

I will have to test this on my mac but I would absolutely welcome a pull request on this.

[SethArchambault]

Ah cool - I got around this by right click on serial and opening, then re-running the install script.

[jimvanderveen]

Thanks, @SethArchambault your solution worked for me as well.