Forcing `open` command to open unsigned app? I've got my Security preferences set to allow apps downloaded from "Mac App Store and identified developers."  When I try to open an unsigned app:

open xyz.app


I see the following:



Usually, I right-click on the app and click "Open".  This brings up a similar dialogue, but this one includes an "open anyway"-type button:



Is there a way to do this only using the open command -- something like:

open --even-if-unsigned xyz.app
Create and add a Gatekeeper label to the app. (‘Approved’ is an arbitrary string.)

spctl --add --label "Approved" /path/to/xyz.app

Approve all apps with the label.

spctl --enable --label "Approved"


This only needs to be done once and adding the same named label to apps in the future automatically enables their access.
Open the app as usual.

open xyz.app



For more information about spctl (SecAssessment system policy security), see the man page.