Nvivo 14

tdenton
Contributor II

Has anyone recently packaged Nvivo 14.

I have captured the application and sorted out the license side of things and the PPC config required.

Have people come accross this issue  NVivo 14” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.
Appreciate this can normally be handled by excepting it from Privacy a security window. However this isn’t really workable for a full site deployment.

 

Has anyone found a soultion to this I think it maybe how Im packaging it.


Thanks
Tom

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Qwheel
Contributor II

sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/NVivo\ 14.app

Should do the trick. App appears to be failing gatekeeper.

sudo /Applications/NVivo\ 12.app/Contents/MacOS/NVivo\ 12 -initialize [key]
Doesn't seem to be (completly) working anymore. It get's past the following admin prompt, but it doesn't fill in the Enterprise key for the users like it did with 12.

The documentation seems to be pointing to use an activation file. What a pain - not useful in a shared device environment.

Qwheel
Contributor II

Got it working in the end.

Deployed a pre-filled 'Activation' file to /Users/Shared and pointed the commandline argument towards it.

sudo /Applications/NVivo\ 14.app/Contents/MacOS/NVivo\ 14 -initialize [key] -activate /Users/Shared/Nvivo\ Activation\ File/Activation.xml

You still need to do a PPPC for full disk access and accessability settings.
Bolt a recon onto the deployment and scope the PPPC out via a smart group.

KoraBrighton
New Contributor

Thanks for answering.

Jeff_mqu
New Contributor

I forgot to reply at the time but this worked for me also, I added a post install script to the NVivo 14 app (for Gatekeeper Bypass) containing "sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/NVivo.app" Thanks!

CavCurator
New Contributor II

Thanks all for the great discussion! 

@Qwheel since this command doesn't work (sudo /Applications/NVivo\ 12.app/Contents/MacOS/NVivo\ 12 -initialize [key]) and you had to deploy a pre-filled activation file in .xml format, did you just enter generic information for your institution the first name, last name, email, and country in the following file? Or did you script customization for each individual user?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Activation>
<Request>
<FirstName>Name</FirstName>
<LastName>Name</LastName>
<Email>email@company.com</Email>
<Country>Country</Country>
</Request>
</Activation>

tdenton
Contributor II

@CavCurator yes correct you need the generic information this should have everything you need https://techcenter.qsrinternational.com/Content/nm12/nm12_mass_deployment.htm

CavCurator
New Contributor II

@tdenton thanks so much for your quick response! Yes, that page has been very helpful as I have prepared for deployment, and I have got a script all ready to go to reference the activation file.

I just wanted to confirm if anyone had any issues by filling in the fields as a generic user since it can't easily be mass-deployed with individual user information. It sounds like you haven't run into any issues using the exact same .xml file for all your users? 

tdenton
Contributor II

@CavCurator been working fine 

Just finish packaging Nvivo 15 using the same xml file its required so it doe activate, we just use our department information to complete the required fields.Seems to work fine