Error when trying to start sioyek3-alpha0 on mac "Application "Finder" does not have permission to open "(null)""

[llamatux]

Hello,

I was trying to use the pre-release version sioyek3-alpha0 and it was throwing an error on Mac: Application "Finder" does not have permission to open "(null)".

Same error when trying to start the app after putting it in the application folder as well as trying to run from package contents (right click app package, Show Package Contents>Contents>MacOS>sioyek). Running it from terminal worked, but it took multiple steps each time which was inconvenient.

After googling a bit, found a few solutions, and this one works perfectly for me:
Open terminal inside the Applications folder, then run the command (after putting the app in the Applications folder): codesign --force --deep --sign - sioyek.app

From what I read, it could be a developer side issue. This post might hold a clue.

Just leaving a report here for others who might come across the problem and for the developer to know. Thanks for this app @ahrm, it is so very useful for academics and has features which are probably not difficult to implement but has not been so far in any other PDF reader. I hope you keep developing!