When “Damaged” Isn’t the Problem: Fixing Data Rancher’s File Access on macOS Sonoma

Hey, So, I was messing around last night with something called Data Rancher (app). Needed it for a pretty straightforward task — cleaning up a bunch of CSV exports and reorganizing client data before importing into a local database. It’s distributed under the OrchardKit label, not through the Mac App Store, which already told me I might have to deal with macOS being… protective. I’m on a MacBook Pro M1 Pro, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1. Clean system, no weird security tweaks. Here’s what happened. I downloaded the macOS build, dragged it into Applications, double-clicked it. And immediately got the classic: “Data Rancher is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.” You’ve seen that one before. First thing I did (wrong move, in hindsight) was assume the download was corrupted. I deleted it, re-downloaded using a different browser, even checked the file size to make sure it matched. Same error. Then I did the usual right-click → Open trick. No change. Same “damaged” warning.