- I had the same problem starting LibreOffice 5.2.0 in OSX 10.10 Yosemite on a 2012 Mac mini. I opened it with right-click/Open to bypass Gatekeeper. Stuck verifying, CPU at 99%. Stopped it after 20 minutes or more when memory showed 16 GB in Activity Monitor. Downloaded it again, the.dmg compared identical to the first one. Tried LibreOffice 5.1.5.
- Mac: Office installation hangs at verifying the file. When attempting to install Office 2011 or 2016, the installation is stuck at verifying the installation file. This is often caused by a security setting within OS X. Ensure that OS X is up to date before attempting any of the solutions below.
- I have downloaded the Tableau Desktop app. The behavior of the installation attempt is that we first see a Verifying 'Tableau Desktop.pkg' dialog. This completes successfully and then a Finder window with a single Tableau Desktop.pkg icon is presented. Double clicking on the icon results in the same Verifying 'Tableau Desktop.pkg' dialog - but this time it does not even start: just hangs forever.
My app consists of an executable 'MyAppName' (C++ and Objective-C built with xcodebuild) and an icon 'MyAppName.icns', such that the folder tree of my signed app is:
my_user_name@my-mbp:~$ find /Applications/MyAppName.app -type f
Before, I would leave it for 10-15 minutes at the 'Verifying' screen, with it never completing what it was busy with in the background. I removed 3.2.1 and reinstalled. When I opened it, after 2-3 minutes of verifying, I got the 'sure you want to open it' screen, and was therefore unable to reproduce.
/Applications/MyAppName.app/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
/Applications/MyAppName.app/Contents/Info.plist
/Applications/MyAppName.app/Contents/MacOS/MyAppName
/Applications/MyAppName.app/Contents/Resources/MyAppName.icns
I am code signing it with:
codesign -f --keychain <keychain path> -s 'Developer ID Application: <name>' /path/to/MyAppName.app
If I download and mount the DMG I have created containing this, I can run:
my_user_name@my-mbp:~$ codesign --verify --verbose --deep /Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app
/Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app: valid on disk
/Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement
my_user_name@my-mbp:~$ spctl --assess --type execute -v /Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app
/Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app: accepted
source=Developer ID
However, if I copy the application to the /Applications/ folder (either through the GUI or the command line (e.g. with 'cp -r MyAppName.app /Applications/') then the result changes:
![Verifying Verifying](https://www.recoveryiphone.net/Uploads/201712/5a2749e60b835.jpg)
my_user_name@my-mbp:~$ codesign --verify --verbose --deep /Applications/MyAppName.app
![Stuck Stuck](/uploads/1/2/6/0/126063296/302410400.jpg)
/Applications/MyAppName.app: valid on disk
/Applications/MyAppName.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement
my_user_name@my-mbp:~$ spctl --assess --type execute -v /Applications/MyAppName.app
/Applications/MyAppName.app: a sealed resource is missing or invalid
This obviously causes GateKeeper to claim that the application is damaged and should be moved to the trash when it is double-clicked on in the GUI.
The files themselves are all identical between the two locations:
my_user_name@my-mbp:~$ find /Applications/MyAppName.app -type f -exec md5 {} ;
MD5 (/Applications/MyAppName.app/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources) = 55c201fd8611fb32a2b35e4c0c9a4e95
MD5 (/Applications/MyAppName.app/Contents/Info.plist) = 803e7573564518e8782ebe8bacd774d6
MD5 (/Applications/MyAppName.app/Contents/MacOS/MyAppName) = d4b6f786f5ca1001b2a16b645ace3719
MD5 (/Applications/MyAppName.app/Contents/Resources/MyAppName.icns) = e112c876a4a85efe87e9f2000b40f668
my_user_name@my-mbp:~$ find /Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app -type f -exec md5 {} ;
MD5 (/Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources) = 55c201fd8611fb32a2b35e4c0c9a4e95
MD5 (/Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app/Contents/Info.plist) = 803e7573564518e8782ebe8bacd774d6
MD5 (/Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app/Contents/MacOS/MyAppName) = d4b6f786f5ca1001b2a16b645ace3719
MD5 (/Volumes/MyAppName/MyAppName.app/Contents/Resources/MyAppName.icns) = e112c876a4a85efe87e9f2000b40f668
Osx Stuck Verifying Apps
The com.apple.quarantine attribute is correctly set on both versions (since it was downloaded from the internet).
I am a little stuck as to what is different about having my app in the /Applications/ folder. Please could someone enlighten me as to what I have done wrong...
Hello honeyrococo,
I understand that you are having issues with your Mac wanting to verify everything that you open. I know you are considering reinstalling OS X, but let's see if we can figure out what is going on.
The one thing to try is to see if this same behavior happens in a new user. This will help isolate to see if you need to make some changes on your user or simply reinstall. Take a look at the first article below to walk you through this.
How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443
Now when it comes to reinstalling, you can reinstall what you currently have instead of upgrading. Take a look at the next article that will walk you through how to do this, plus some additional troubleshooting options to get your Mac back up an working properly.
How to reinstall OS X on your Mac
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
Take care
I understand that you are having issues with your Mac wanting to verify everything that you open. I know you are considering reinstalling OS X, but let's see if we can figure out what is going on.
The one thing to try is to see if this same behavior happens in a new user. This will help isolate to see if you need to make some changes on your user or simply reinstall. Take a look at the first article below to walk you through this.
How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443
Now when it comes to reinstalling, you can reinstall what you currently have instead of upgrading. Take a look at the next article that will walk you through how to do this, plus some additional troubleshooting options to get your Mac back up an working properly.
How to reinstall OS X on your Mac
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
Take care
Dmg Stuck On Verifying Iphone
Feb 12, 2016 10:32 AM