[X4U] Opened for the first time?

[Jon Marett]

I've noticed this too after running Coctail (one of those programs that 
clears out various system caches among other things). I also noticed 
Steve Jobs getting a little bothered by it during his MWSF keynote. A 
couple of times after launching a program he made a comment like 'Yes I 
want to run...' when clicking 'OK'. Of course his frustration may have 
stemmed from the fact that his main mac hung during the keynote so he 
had to switch to a backup machine.

jon

On Jan 19, 2005, at 8:40 AM, SW wrote:

>
> On Jan 19, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Michael Rath wrote:
>
>> Lately my iMac, OS 10.3.7, has been telling me that I have been 
>> opening a program for the first time, when in actuality I have opened 
>> it many times in the past. This happens most often with the Microsoft 
>> products but has also happened with several other programs.
>>
>> It is irritating. Is there something I did that set this off or maybe 
>> something I haven't done to stop it?
>
>  This is a security protocol to prevent programs from being downloaded 
> and run without your knowledge. Anytime a program is run for the first 
> time ( I think also when it is activated by a file) it will throw up 
> this confirmation message.
>
>
>  I have seen this start to re-occur after some software updates, but 
> not always. AFAIK if you empty a specific cache , it will reset the 
> process. Watch out for certain cache settings in programs like Onyx or 
> MacJanitor.
>
>  Once reset, it should only ask once for each application, the first 
> time it is opened.
>
> Steve
>
> Ketterling's Law: Logic is an organized way of going wrong with 
> confidence.