So I have a Mac and whenever I download a new update to this vn and try to open it, a pop up comes up and says something along the lines of “unidentified developer” and it might have malware. This doesn’t happen to any other of the vn’s I download. Does anybody else get this? Is there possibly malware? I have downloaded this vn before and haven’t gotten this pop up except in recent updates.
From what I can see online, this is a 'security' feature of MacOS Catalina and newer which requires apps to be 'notarized' which requires us to have a Mac (we don't) and to pay Apple a chunk of money for the privilege (we won't). According to the information I can find on the internet, this has been a thing since MacOS Catalina, so I don't know why it's only just started happening to you. Perhaps it's something on Ren'Py end that has changed? Regardless, nothing has changed on ours.
Sileo is 100% safe to download and play. You can safely disregard the message.
The below info might help as well.
Most of the VNs I have had to do what Xewy mentioned, after you do it won't ask again regarding what you have downloaded. I think it started a couple updates ago. What is worse is certain VNs for me are unplayable because the engine they use are no longer supported past a certain update.
_ A fellow Mac user