In previous versions of macOS Gatekeeper, Control-click could be used as a launch override for running downloaded apps. Apple has now changed that.
macOS Gatekeeper is used to validate macOS apps.
macOS Gatekeeper is used to validate macOS apps.
Under earlier versions of macOS, users could override Apple’s Gatekeeper security to launch apps in the Finder by Control-clicking on them to launch them.
The override was only needed on an app’s first run, but it’s still annoying nonetheless to some users.