All recent versions of the BOINC installer are code signed by a registered Apple Developer with a Developer ID from Apple. Which version is he trying to install?
If he has his General Security & Privacy settings (in System Preferences) to allow applications downloaded from identified developers (which I believe is the default setting) he should have no trouble installing current versions of BOINC and should not see that message. If he does see that message with a current version, he may have a corrupted download. Cheers, --Charlie -- Charlie Fenton [email protected] BOINC / SETI@home Macintosh & Windows Programmer Space Sciences Laboratory UC Berkeley On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Jord van der Elst wrote: > Apparently the problem is that the BOINC Installer is done by 'an > unidentified developer'. > > As per: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8694 > > "I upgraded my Mac to OS X 10.9 and the Boinc manager no longer > starts. I get an error pop up, "Boinc ownership or permissions are not > set properly; please reinstall Boinc. (Error code -1008)" > > I downloaded what I think is the correct Mac version, and when I click > to install I get another dialog box which says "Boinc Installer" can't > be opened because it came from an unidentified developer. Google > Chrome downloaded this file today at 7:28am from boinc.berkely.edu. > > I cannot find a version of Boinc in the Mac App store, which is what > they recommend. > > Any ideas ?" > -- > -- Thanks, > -- Jord van der Elst. > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Charlie Fenton > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The fix is to do what the error message told him to do. >> >> When you install a new version of Mac OS X over an older version, it doesn't >> always preserve the boinc_master and boinc_project users and groups; in >> which case you need to reinstall BOINC after installing the OS. The message >> he quotes clearly states "please reinstall BOINC." >> >> Cheers, >> --Charlie >> >> On Oct 27, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Eric J Korpela wrote: >> >>> Got a PM from someone having a problem with OS X Mavericks. Is this a >>> known issue? Anyone have a fix? >>> >>> Hello, I have the following problem: I work with Mac, yesterday at night I >>> downloaded and installed the new >>> operating System OS X Mavericks that Apple offers, and after it gets >>> installed, I get the following message: >>> >>> 'BOINC ownership or permissions are not set properly; please reinstall >>> BOINC. (Error Code - 1008)' >>> _______________________________________________ >>> boinc_dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
