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Install an extension in Catalina

Q I’m trying to use an app which needs to install an extension. This won’t work in Catalina, and the app complains the extension isn’t installed. What can I do?

by ELLIOT BARNES

A First check with the app’s support pages. Catalina is pernickety with extensions, and this varies with different extensions. When this works normally, running the app without the extension installed triggers installation. You’ll then need to agree

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