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AI summaryInstaller command installs a quarantine‑free WhatsKept.app on macOS arm64 without Gatekeeper prompts.
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macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon).
Recommended — one Terminal command, zero Gatekeeper friction:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://github.com/alkait/WhatsKept/releases/latest/download/install.sh)"
curl-downloaded files don't carry the com.apple.quarantine xattr that browsers attach, so the installer can drop a quarantine-free WhatsKept.app into /Applications without ever tripping the "WhatsKept is damaged" dialog. Re-run after every update.
Other ways to get it:
WhatsKept-darwin-arm64-*.app.zip— browser download. Unzip, then double-clickInstall WhatsKept.commandinside the unzipped folder. macOS will ask to confirm the.command(right-click → Open the first time) but the script itself runs the same install steps.whatskept-darwin-arm64-*.zip— bare CLI forwhatskept extract/ scripts.
Why this dance? WhatsKept is open-source and ad-hoc signed (no Apple Developer account). On Sequoia the kernel refuses to launch ad-hoc-signed apps that carry a quarantine xattr, with no right-click bypass. The curl|bash route avoids quarantine entirely; the .command route works around it after a one-time confirmation.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/alkait/WhatsKept/compare/v1.5.0...v1.5.1
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