spctl Command Examples

Manage the security assessment policy subsystem. Utility for managing Gatekeeper in macOS. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/spctl.8.html.

• Turn off Gatekeeper:

spctl --master-disable

• Add a rule to allow an application to run (labeling of rule is optional):

spctl --add --label {{rule_name}} {{path/to/file}}

• Turn on Gatekeeper:

spctl --master-enable

• List all rules on the system:

spctl --list