# Can't Install Ignition 8.1.15 on my Mac

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [January 13, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-install-ignition-8-1-15-on-my-mac/68587 "2023-01-13T21:11:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-install-ignition-8-1-15-on-my-mac/68587/3 "2023-01-13T21:30:23Z")

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Our installers are not 'notarized' (Apple's parlance) because of some complications. For now, you have to jump through some hoops but you should be able to proceed without disabling Gatekeeper:

> [@Installing Ignition on macOS - Monterey - Gateway Installer doesn't launch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/installing-ignition-on-macos-monterey-gateway-installer-doesnt-launch/67161/3):
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> I've run into the same issue and it's not limited to Monterey. The only way I've gotten the installer to work is to drag the installer application from the dmg file into a directory on the Mac. You have to drag the icon from the window in that installer popup, shown in the screenshot in the OP's post, to any of the directories on your machine (I dragged it into my Downloads folder). You then run that copy of the installer application and get all the same security prompts, but it should actual…

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