Zotero won't open on macOS: "updater" is damaged
dstillman
Zotero Team
This discussion was created from comments split from: Zotero app not opening on macOS Sonoma 14.3.1.
Upgrade Storage
If you get a message that the Zotero app is damaged, that wouldn't have anything to do with the permissions issue in the other thread.
You should delete Zotero from Applications and reinstall it from the download page. Your data won't be affected.