I can't change my Security and Privacy settings on my Mac?

[lich51644]

I'm trying to install a software but I can only download from "Mac App Store and identified developers". Even after unlocking, it's greyed out and I can't make any changes. When I hover my mouse over it, it says "This option is unavailable because it's managed by your system administrator". This doesn't make sense since I'm the admin of my own computer; no one else uses my computer. I've seen other forums about changing my password, but I've tried that already to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

 

[MacInWin]

Welcome to the forum!

Where are you "unlocking" and what is greyed out? Where are you hovering? You haven't been very specific about what you are doing. We cannot see your machine so you have to give us details, details, details...

 

[harryb2448]

Looks like you are running into Gatekepper, part of OS X Security measures, which by default only allows certain downloads to open. Apple's way of nannying all of us. Right click the download and you should see the option to open it.

 

[chas_m]

This is certain to be a case of the user being logged into a "user" level account, not an admin account. That, or their permissions are pretty munged up by third-party "security" software.

 

[MacInWin]

I couldn't figure out what, exactly, was going on, which triggered my questions. The OP said

I'm trying to install a software but I can only download from "Mac App Store and identified developers".

and then referred to something greyed out when he/she tried to "unlock" something. So, does he/she have the install files or not, and what was locked and is now greyed out? And what was the "it" that the mouse was hovered over to get that message? Totally confused????

 

[chas_m]

Also, "Mac App Store and identified developers" covers roughly 90 percent of Mac developers, so that really shouldn't be an issue a typical user would encounter unless they were installing one of the rare exceptions we recommend (notably OnyX) or something they may not ought be installing.