All or nothing approach to non-Apple downloads
I downloaded software from a site. Opening it was blocked because I did not get it from the Apple store or, apparently, through their channels.
In order to run it, I have to allow my laptop to allow downloads from anywhere.
I want to be able to accept a download from the one site that I did the download from, not the fruits of some script kiddies' labors.
Is there a way to identify on a site-by-site or app-by-app basis, the things I want to run, or is this something that Apple needs to add to their list of things to do?
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