Re: Emacs with macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1

[Daniel Martín]

Kevin Chen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi,
> I'm currently using macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1 and I am trying to
> open Emacs App on my Mac after I installed Homebrew and Emacs via
> "brew install --cask emacs". The pop-out window says the following:
>  "Emacs" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious 
> software. This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more 
> information.
>
> Would it be possible to update Emacs to work with macOS Big Sur Version 
> 11.6.1? Sincerely thanks a lot!

It's a security feature of recent versions of macOS.  Could you try to
install Emacs from your package manager using the following command?:

brew cask reinstall emacs --no-quarantine

That will install Emacs and create an exception so that it can be opened
without being "quarantined".