"Hey, I Fiddled with Snarf (app) on macOS — Here’s What Happened"

Hey — yesterday I spent way too much time head‑down with this thing called Snarf (app) from NimbusApps . I assumed it would be one of those “install and go” macOS productivity tools, but macOS had other plans. Figured I’d drop you a quick rundown like I would in Slack or DMs, because there were some weird gotchas and I ended up learning something decent about macOS app handling in the process. So, first off — the app is listed as a macOS and iOS client in the App Store, claiming to support Apple Silicon and later versions of macOS directly from Apple’s official listing. ( App Store ) I grabbed the installer, dragged it into /Applications, and tried to launch it on my M2 MacBook Air (running macOS 14.4). That’s where the fun began. Right away, instead of the app opening and showing me a normal onboarding screen, I got the dreaded “App can’t be opened” error. No splash, no UI; just that dismissible alert. I’d seen this before when macOS flags an app via Gatekeeper because it isn’t notari