Just downloaded the most recent version to my M1 MacBook Pro running Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71) . When launching, the OS puts up a warning that the app is damaged and gives me the option to delete it.
Should I try downloading from GitHub?
Had the same issue but figured out a rather odd way around it. Get an older working revision e.g. PixelComposer 1.15.6m.app and place into 'Applications' folder on Mac this should launch okay. Now copy the latest [Broken] Mac release Pixel Composer 1.16.0.3m.app into the same folder, this will fail to launch. But here's the odd solution :-
(1) Right click on the older working 1.15.6m version app and select 'Show Package Contents' and delete everything below the 'Contents' folder.
(2) Right click on the latest non working 1.16.0.3m.app and select 'Show Package Contents' and 'copy' all the files and folders stored under the 'Contents' folder.
(3) Now (you've probably guessed it! ) paste these files / folders under the older 1.15.6m (now empty) 'Contents' folder and click on the older app to launch. It should now work but with the newer version!
Did some quick testing and examples load and function as expected. The only caveat is that if you decide to move the 'altered' version of the app outside the 'Applications' folder it breaks again .... so just leave in place and all should be good.
It's gatekeeper, you can open the terminal and run:
cd ~/Downloads/PixelComposer\ 1.16.0.3m && xattr -d com.apple.quarantine PixelComposer.app
Explanation since commands from the internet are risky to run:
Alternatively if the app isn't in the downloads folder you can copy this into the terminal:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine
(Make sure there's a space at the end)
and then drag pixel composer.app into the terminal and then press enter.
After either of these, attempt to open the app normally.
Seems to work but I have no idea if there are bugs or anything like that I'm very new to the program.
For some reason this didn't work for me :(
% xattr -d com.apple.quarantine PixelComposer.app xattr: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: 'PixelComposer.app'
Tried running the command with sudo, but no luck either.
But I found another workaround -- I was able to execute the `Contents/MacOS/PixelComposer` program inside the .app folder directly. I've posted the full command in a top level comment below.