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Title: Apple flub leaves users confused over 'damaged' apps Post by: HCK on November 14, 2015, 03:00:14 am Apple flub leaves users confused over 'damaged' apps
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Mac users who rely on apps provided through Apple’s App Store are facing some confusion Thursday after an error message caused by Apple incorrectly said that they had to re-install their applications.</p><p> The problem, as identified by developer Paul Haddad of Tapbots (the makers of the popular Tweetbot (http://www.macworld.com/article/2935815/tweetbot-2-review-twitter-mac-app-has-a-crisper-design-but-is-a-work-in-progress.html) client) is that Apple’s Mac App Store security certificates expired Thursday, five years after their original creation. Without a valid security certificate, apps that users tried to open would throw up an ominous message that said an app was “damaged” and couldn’t be opened.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3004937/os-x/apple-flub-leaves-users-confused-over-damaged-apps.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple flub leaves users confused over 'damaged' apps (http://www.macworld.com/article/3004937/os-x/apple-flub-leaves-users-confused-over-damaged-apps.html#tk.rss_all) |