Skipping Verifying Application on Mac
September 13, 2016
So here I was, trying to run Xcode 8 GM Seed to try out the newest Xcode when suddenly this popup appeared and said ‘Verifying Xcode’ with a progress bar. The progress bar was moving super slow… Like a snail! Might be even slower than that actually.
I was in a rush and needed to skip that verification portion. I know the Xcode I downloaded was good. A lil googling and poof!, I found my answer from this stackoverflow article written by user JakeGould.
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine Xcode.app
All you need is to replace that last Xcode.app part with the path of the application you want. This will allow you to skip the verification process. Tada! Magic!
Word of caution, do not do this for every application. Only do it for something that you are sure does not need verification and only if you are in a rush.