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Add , Remove. When junk email arrives Select what happens when you receive junk email. When you select this option, you can set advanced criteria to identify junk mail. Trust junk mail headers in messages Use any junk mail detection already present in messages you receive. It said Sept. I thought that was odd, so I went to the app store to see if there were any auto updates.

There were, but not for the Kindle App. So just for kicks, I deleted it and then downloaded it from the app store. I did that over the weekend. So far it is working ok again, so maybe that "fixed" it. I have no idea. Perhaps it was the fact that I originally had this downloaded before the app store came online.

Therefore the app store was not downloading upgrades? Or some other update? Anyway, not enough info to know if that is a similar pattern with others having this issue, just a speculation. If I start having the problem again, I will update my post. Apr 21, PM. Nowhere to be found. Since all the support documents were still in place, I just copied the app file over from my backup drive and it worked fine.

I then noticed the trash needed emptying, but thankfully looked in it first. Odd things like the Painter brush collection. Couldn't find anything online about this, other than people have been experiencing it since around Snow Leopard debut? I'm always surprised when Mac techies say they've "never heard of Is anyone starting to hear about it now?

My preference is to go with TextWrangler. Once you edit that file and save it, you will be able to open it by Control clicking or right clicking the App and selecting open. Gatekeeper is there to protect your Mac from the malware that's ever increasing on the Internet. You should only use this solution with Apps that you fully trust. If you are just randomly downloading software and using this solution to bypass Gatekeeper, you will end up with a compromised system.

So, use at your own risk. Are you sure you want to open it? This seemed to work for me. Yes, I know that it wasn't a. Note: I found this out after the bounty. I still would like to see a better answer, maybe with a cause. Solution for this is in another thread here: Gatekeeper preventing from opening files from Finder launching apps is fine. In my case this was a zero byte file. Replacing it with a known good copy completely fixed the issue without having to disable Gatekeeper. Sign up to join this community.

The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. All downloaded files cannot be opened as they are 'damaged and should be moved to the Trash' Ask Question.

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