Cursor download is damaged and won't open

Bug Reports
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Describe the Bug

I’ve tried downloading the newest version of Cursor (both the ARM and universal one), but my mac keeps throwing me an issue about Cursor’s name being too long / unverifiable by Apple and so it won’t open.

The issue looks to be similar to this one: Cursor is damaged and can't be opened

I’ve followed the some of the solutions in that linked forum post, but to no avail.

Steps to Reproduce

Navigate to Cursor’s website
Go to the downloads page
Download one of the latest Mac versions of Cursor
Try to open the application

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: (I believe) 1.2

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

2

Hey, have you also tried this?

3

Yep, I did exactly that. Thought that was going to save the day but it did not.

Two prompts come up:
You can’t copy the item “Cursor” because its name is too long or includes characters that are invalid on the destination volume.

and

Cursor is damaged

4

Try this:

Open Terminal and execute:

First, mount the DMG

hdiutil attach ~/Downloads/Cursor-darwin-arm64.dmg

Copy with a new name

sudo cp -R "/Volumes/Cursor Installer/Cursor.app" /Applications/CursorApp.app

Rename back

sudo mv /Applications/CursorApp.app /Applications/Cursor.app

Remove attributes

xattr -cr /Applications/Cursor.app
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This worked great. Thank you.