Flick 1.1.1

Flick opens again Fixed

macOS refused to open Flick 1.0 and 1.1 after the certificate they were signed with was revoked. Depending on your version of macOS, it said Malware Blocked, that Flick can't be opened, or that it will damage your computer, and moved Flick to the Trash or offered to. Flick itself hadn't changed: macOS refuses every app signed with a revoked certificate, even copies that ran fine before. What happened, in full

1.1.1 is signed differently, so macOS opens it again after the usual one-time approval:

• An ad-hoc signature. It seals the app, but uses no certificate and names no developer, so there's no certificate to revoke. Flick still isn't notarized.
• The same one-time approval as before. On macOS 15 and later, macOS says Apple could not verify Flick is free of malware, and you click Open Anyway in System Settings › Privacy & Security; on macOS 14, you Control-click Flick and choose Open. Step by step
• Accessibility once more. macOS sees 1.1.1 as a new app, so Flick asks for Accessibility again. If Flick is still listed in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Accessibility, select it and click − first. If you use browser tabs, macOS may ask again for each browser you turned on; if a browser's tabs don't come back, reset Flick's Automation answers and allow each browser again.
• Your license and settings are kept. There's no need to activate your license again unless Flick asks.

Help with the Accessibility list Improved

System Settings can show Flick switched on in the Accessibility list when the permission belongs to an earlier version. When Flick was set up on your Mac before and doesn't have the permission, its welcome window now says what to do: select Flick in the list, remove it with −, then add it again with +. The Open Accessibility Settings button in the panel and Accessibility permission needed in the menu bar menu say the same when you point at them. The steps, in full

Nothing else changed: features, keys and settings are as in Flick 1.1.

How to update

Flick 1.0 and 1.1 can't open, so they can't update themselves. Install 1.1.1 by hand:

1. Move the old Flick to the Trash

   Click Move to Trash in macOS's message, or drag Flick from your Applications folder to the Trash.

2. Download Flick 1.1.1

   Get it from the download page, open the disk image and drag Flick into your Applications folder.

3. Approve it once

   Open Flick from Applications and approve it as described above.

4. Turn on Accessibility

   Follow Flick's welcome window. If the switch is on but Flick sees no windows, remove Flick from the list and add it again.

From 1.1.1 on, updates install from inside Flick: choose Check for Updates… from its menu bar menu, or let it check about once a day. Updates are signed with Flick's update key, and Flick verifies each one before it installs. Each version's ad-hoc signature is its own, so after every update macOS asks you to turn on Accessibility again, and may ask again about each browser if you use browser tabs (if a browser's tabs don't come back). How updates work