# Problems launching MacOS clients **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [March 5, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849 "2024-03-05T18:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![karl1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/karl1/32/51171_2.png) [@karl1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/karl1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/1 "2024-03-05T18:59:05Z")
I thought we had moved beyond this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/6/76ebc1016e604f3e3dcec92fd7756dad2db36fd1.png) (In case image doesn't work: " **Designer Launcher.app” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software**") ---
**Author:** ![jespinmartin1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jespinmartin1/32/57175_2.png) [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/2 "2024-03-05T19:31:23Z")
macs haha 😆 ---
**Author:** ![karl1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/karl1/32/51171_2.png) [@karl1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/karl1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/3 "2024-03-05T19:53:35Z")
Yeah, it's only 1/3 of the operating systems running in the world - why bother with that? ---
**Author:** ![karl1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/karl1/32/51171_2.png) [@karl1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/karl1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/4 "2024-03-05T20:04:51Z")
For those interested: go to settings, security and privacy, and you should be able to enable running of these clients. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/5 "2024-03-05T20:28:23Z")
Meh. It's worth bothering, but only so far: > **[Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats](https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share)** > > This graph shows the market share of operating systems worldwide based on over 5 billion monthly page views. If you're going to use a niche OS, why you'd choose the one with the annoying walled garden boggles my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/6 "2024-03-05T20:30:15Z")
What version was the Ignition Gateway you downloaded this launcher from? ---
**Author:** ![karl1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/karl1/32/51171_2.png) [@karl1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/karl1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/7 "2024-03-05T20:53:57Z")
The (very brief) research I did: - Windows: 68.15% - macOS: 31.34% (in the US) , 6% worldwide - Linux: 1.1% (desktop) , 3.08% overall - ChromeOS: 4.15% So as per usual for us yanks, I was being US-centric. ---
**Author:** ![karl1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/karl1/32/51171_2.png) [@karl1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/karl1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/8 "2024-03-05T21:43:34Z")
I used the latest docker image I think in January of this year. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/9 "2024-03-05T21:44:06Z")
The link I posted also had current figures for the USA: > **[Operating System Market Share United States Of America | Statcounter Global...](https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/united-states-of-america)** > > This graph shows the market share of operating systems in United States Of America based on over 5 billion monthly page views. If you rebase those figures to just the four desktop OS's, you get 25.9% for OSX. The point though, is that Apple puts up significant, ridiculous barriers to entry for Independent Software Vendors, making it difficult/impossible to have the latest software "Apple approved" in a timely fashion. Which is what you are experiencing. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/10 "2024-03-05T21:50:11Z")
Hmm, the launchers should be notarized on macOS as of Ignition 8.1.16, which is what I thought that message you're seeing is about... ---
**Author:** ![karl1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/karl1/32/51171_2.png) [@karl1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/karl1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-launching-macos-clients/86849/11 "2024-03-05T22:04:13Z")
That’s what I thought too; but the fix is simple, if annoying.