Hi The file you have might not be notarised. I have fixed this process and in the latest beta build for 1.5.7, this is fixed, and is available as Scribus15xNightly_Mojave-20210411-r24621.dmg
https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-svn/1.5.7.svn/Scribus15xNightly_Mojave-20210411-r24621.dmg/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-svn/1.5.7.svn/Scribus15xNightly_Mojave-20210411-r24621.dmg/download> I have tested it on a Big Sur plain installation and its fine. 1.5.7 will also be good once we release (we’r not far away from this) thanks Craig > On 10 Apr 2021, at 9:18 pm, Dave Johnson <davefilms...@gmail.com> wrote: > > you have to go into system preferences and click on security and privacy > under the general tab click open anyways where it says allow apps > downloaded from App Store and identified developers then scribers will run. > I run it on my Mac and I have Big Sur 11.2.3 > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 12:25 Susan Greenberg <sugr...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> Dear Scribus team, >> >> I recently downloaded Scribus to my iMac and at first it wouldn’t work >> because my OS (HIgh SIerra) was too old; however after I updated my OS to >> the latest version (Big Sur) I could not open it because my OS was now too >> new! >> >> The error message reads: “Scribus can’t be opened because Apple cannot >> check it for malicious software. This software needs to be updated. Contact >> the developer for more information.” >> >> Do you know if an update is on the cards? >> >> All the best, >> SG >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> Scribus Mailing List: scribus@lists.scribus.net >> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net >> http://forums.scribus.net >> > -- > Dave Johnson > Independent Audio Production > Writer, Producer, RPG Game designer > http://www.linkedin.com/in/davefilms > www.davefilms.us > tsg.davefilms.us > http://tsggames.wikia.com/wiki/TSG_Games_Wiki > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20210410/2c10352d/attachment.htm> > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus@lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20210411/c5dc1039/attachment.htm> ___ Scribus Mailing List: scribus@lists.scribus.net Edit your options or unsubscribe: http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus See also: http://wiki.scribus.net http://forums.scribus.net