This all goes back to Testing RawTherapee on macOS 10.12 Sierra and higher (Intel Code) - #11 by Andy_Astbury1
I installed the first Mac Dev build and it would not open.
I then uninstalled the 5.8 public release - dev build still would not run.
Copied and pasted the dev build .cli into usrs/local/bin - chose replace - and the dev build fired up.
And the .cli is in the download:
All I eventually did is follow the instructions I was given in the text file:
*An unsigned -cli is in the zip along with the .dmg. *
*You must install the app from the .dmg into /Applications and copy the -cli to your /usr/local/bin. *
The -cli will load its libraries dynamically from the app in /Applications.
Simple as…
Do I ACTUALLY need to do both? No idea as I’m a camera bloke not a computer person. But on my machine the 5.8 public release .cli appeared to be stopping RT Dev from launching.
I will say that I’m on the third version of the dev build and have not found it necessary to update the .cli.