{"id":1089,"hash":"fc3ea857efaabfef01bb739308229e096fb3e3e67453282f4cc070c7392e76a0","pattern":"MacOS Catalina(v 10.15.3): Error: “chromedriver” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. Unable to launch the chrome browser","full_message":"I have recently upgraded my mac machine to OS Catalina(v 10.15.3). After this upgrade I am unable to launch the chrome driver using selenium.\n\nI am facing the below error when I run the selenium code to launch the chrome browser.\n\n\"“chromedriver” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified\".\n\"macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware.\"\n\nPlease help me!","ecosystem":"pypi","package_name":"java","package_version":null,"solution":"I found the work around as below\n\nOpen terminal\nNavigate to path where your chromedriver file is located\nExecute any one of the below commands\n\nCommand1: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <name-of-executable>\n\nExample\n\n/usr/local/Caskroom/chromedriver \n$ xattr -d com.apple.quarantine chromedriver \n\n(or)\n\nCommand2: spctl --add --label 'Approved' <name-of-executable>\n\nSource: https://docwhat.org/upgrading-to-catalina\n\nNote: This will work only with the file(s) where the above command is executed. If a new chromedriver is downloaded then the command has to be executed again on the newly downloaded file","confidence":0.95,"source":"stackoverflow","source_url":"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60362018/macos-catalinav-10-15-3-error-chromedriver-cannot-be-opened-because-the-de","votes":336,"created_at":"2026-04-19T04:52:19.395771+00:00","updated_at":"2026-04-19T04:52:19.395771+00:00"}