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I am attempting to deploy Slack to our macOS Ventura devices via a curl script. When a user launches the app for the first time, they get a pop-up that says '"Slack" is damaged and can't be opened. you should move it to the Trash. '

This is only occurring in Ventura. If I download the software manually through the same URL I am calling in the curl script and install it normally, it works fine. Is there something new I have to do to get past the gatekeeper in macOS Ventura? This worked in Monterey.

 

The script in question:

#!/bin/bash # this is the full URL url="https://slack.com/ssb/download-osx-universal" # change directory to /private/tmp to make this the working directory cd /private/tmp/ # download the installer /usr/bin/curl -L $url -o slack-desktop-latest.dmg # mount the dmg hdiutil attach slack-desktop-latest.dmg -nobrowse # check if ~/Applications exists and create it if not DIRECTORY=~/Applications if [ -d "$DIRECTORY" ]; then echo "$DIRECTORY exists" elif [ ! -d "$DIRECTORY" ]; then echo "$DIRECTORY does not exist" mkdir $DIRECTORY fi # copy app to ~/Applications cp -rf /Volumes/Slack/Slack.app ~/Applications/ # modify permissions for ~/Applications chown $3: ~/Applications chmod u+w ~/Applications # unmount the dmg and remove the installer hdiutil detach -force -quiet /Volumes/Slack /bin/rm -f slack-desktop-latest.dmg exit 0

 

Hi, wondering why you don't just use Slack from the App Store and have it update automatically?


Slack is also available as a Jamf App Catalog app with will keep it patched if you want to avoid the App Store. https://learn.jamf.com/bundle/jamf-pro-documentation-current/page/App_Installers.html


Yep, either way.  Some companies do not like using curl for things for security reasons.
I'd use one of the two ways above and be done with it!


This is what I use

#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/curl -sL "https://slack.com/ssb/download-osx-universal" -o /tmp/slack.dmg TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d) hdiutil attach /tmp/slack.dmg -noverify -quiet -nobrowse -mountpoint "${TMPDIR}" ditto "${TMPDIR}"/Slack.app /Applications/Slack.app xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Slack.app hdiutil eject "${TMPDIR}" rm /tmp/slack.dmg

 


Thanks for the replies. We don't use the App Store deployment because of a conflict with a config profile payload. Since we have the "require admin password to install or update apps" payload configured, the slack helper app constantly pops up asking for an admin pw every time slack pushes an update and our users are not admins.  That's also why we install to the user's application folder (per slack's documentation here).


This is what I use

#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/curl -sL "https://slack.com/ssb/download-osx-universal" -o /tmp/slack.dmg TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d) hdiutil attach /tmp/slack.dmg -noverify -quiet -nobrowse -mountpoint "${TMPDIR}" ditto "${TMPDIR}"/Slack.app /Applications/Slack.app xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Slack.app hdiutil eject "${TMPDIR}" rm /tmp/slack.dmg

 


Thanks @shannon_pasto will give this a try


Thanks for the replies. We don't use the App Store deployment because of a conflict with a config profile payload. Since we have the "require admin password to install or update apps" payload configured, the slack helper app constantly pops up asking for an admin pw every time slack pushes an update and our users are not admins.  That's also why we install to the user's application folder (per slack's documentation here).


Restrictions on the App Store should not preclude installing Mac App Store apps via the volume purchasing mechanism.  @scot was not suggesting installing Slack via the App Store on each individual machine.


If we are not wanting to deal with the AppStore, why not just download the desktop app and make a package with it?


I use Installomator for most of our 3rd party app installs. Works like a charm. 


Slack is also available as a Jamf App Catalog app with will keep it patched if you want to avoid the App Store. https://learn.jamf.com/bundle/jamf-pro-documentation-current/page/App_Installers.html


@iangmyers This is something I didn't even know about. Will be pursuing this as the solution. Thanks!


I use Installomator for most of our 3rd party app installs. Works like a charm. 


Installomator here too... but we still get that pesty HelpTooler popup. Only workaround at the moment is to have the user re-install via the SS and it makes it go away. 

Mind you I have a CP loaded to allow auto-updates and it still gets jammed.


Hi, wondering why you don't just use Slack from the App Store and have it update automatically?


Just FYI -- I've noticed that on many of our machines for some reason the VPP version of the Slack.app lost it's screen recording ability. Specifically on Monterey and Ventura.