Early access
Installing ChordXray.
ChordXray is not yet code-signed by Apple, so on first launch macOS will put it through Gatekeeper. The three steps below get you in. The whole thing takes about thirty seconds.
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Drag ChordXray to your Applications folder.
Double-click the downloaded
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On first launch: right-click, then Open.
Plain double-click shows “ChordXray cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified” with no Open button. Instead, right-click (or control-click) the app in Applications, choose Open, and confirm in the dialog. macOS remembers your decision — future launches just work.
Still refusing to open?
On macOS Sequoia and later, Gatekeeper sometimes refuses even the right-click route. Open Terminal and run:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/ChordXray.appThen double-click ChordXray normally. The command strips the “downloaded from the internet” quarantine flag.
Why the extra step?
Apple charges $99/year for a Developer ID certificate that tells Gatekeeper an app is from a known developer. ChordXray is early access right now and that certificate isn’t in place yet — it’s on the roadmap before the paid launch. Until then, the right-click trick is what stands between you and the app. ChordXray itself is unchanged either way; everything runs locally on your Mac.
After you’re in.
You get seven days of full features, no credit card. Past day seven the app prompts for a license key — either a paid one from the pricing page or an early-access key sent to your inbox if you’re testing for us.