MacOS – Damaged and can’t be open app error message

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I bought the iBoostUp app when I was using Lion, and one day it suddenly stopped working, I uninstalled it, and yesterday I got Mountain Lion hoping that it would get magically fixed, but it didn't.
Any clues on how to restore the app?

“iBoostUp” is damaged and can’t be opened. Delete “iBoostUp” and download it again from the App Store!

Best Answer

In Terminal, run "xattr -rc /Volumes/Application.app", that should fix it (naturally, replace "/Volumes/Application.app" with your actual application path. No need to disable GateKeeper.