Bug 496828

Summary: After installation, launching fails with "The application 'Finder' does not have permission to open “(null).”"
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: rcfa <rcfa+kde.org>
Component: Bundle-MacOSAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: caulier.gilles, rcfa+kde.org
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 8.5.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: macOS (DMG)   
OS: macOS   
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/e907351be77a9906965876cb4211f3aeb742357c Version Fixed/Implemented In: 8.7.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description rcfa 2024-11-29 12:02:08 UTC 
SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. download the official macOS installer package digiKam-8.5.0-Qt5-MacOS-x86_64.pkg
2. install it by jumping through the Apple "install unsigned packages" hoops.
3. locate the freshly installed digikam.app and showfoto.app apps in /Applications/digiKam.org
4. double click on either one of them to launch

OBSERVED RESULT
Instead of the app launching, an alert panel is shown:

The application “Finder” does not have permission to open “(null).”

EXPECTED RESULT

The app launching….

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
macOS: 15.2 Beta (24C5089c) (intel)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Trying to launch the app manually from the CLI with

/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/MacOS/digikam

kind of works, albeit then I get some bogus error message about lack of write permission to ~/Pictures (which in my case is a mount point for a case-sensitive APFS volume, to which I obviously do have write access, as all my other photo apps access it without any issues…), despite the app previously having been given full drive access in Apple’s 'Privacy & Security" settings.

I then continued to point the app to ~/Library/Application\ Support/digiKam/ (the last element a folder I created) for the location of the databases, which allowed the app to finally launch. I haven’t been able to use the app yet for anything, but at least I can launch the app from the shell.

Even after setup, the app won’t launch by double clicking from the Finder.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2024-11-29 12:12:32 UTC 
Read well the story from bug 496380 and thanks a lots Apple to make a big puzzle with last MacOS version...

Gilles Caulier

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 496380 ***
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2025-05-09 08:22:36 UTC 
Git commit e907351be77a9906965876cb4211f3aeb742357c by Gilles Caulier.
Committed on 09/05/2025 at 08:19.
Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'.

run Apple codesign tool in the post install bash script to fix the "The application dock does not have permission to open (null)" error introduced with macOS 15
Related: bug 496380, bug 497285
FIXED-IN: 8.7.0

M  +8    -4    project/bundles/macports/04-build-installer.sh

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/e907351be77a9906965876cb4211f3aeb742357c