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Since the most recent version of Google Chrome (100.0.4896.127) on macOS Monterey, trying to use Live Caption (chrome://settings/accessibility) results in an error dialog:

"libsoda.so" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software."

Live Caption then indicates that it is not available on sources that previously worked.

This error has been noted on both Intel and Apple Silicon devices.

How can this feature be re-enabled?

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Open a new Terminal window (shell) and run the following:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/SODA/*/SODAFiles/libsoda.so

xattr is the built-in command to change extended attributes. The -dr flags indicate to recursively delete the specified key; com.apple.quarantine is the key that, when enabled/present, triggers the security dialog.

Testing the above with Google Chrome v100 (latest) on Monterey 12.3.1 resolves the libsoda error, and Live Caption appears to work normally.

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As per 2023-03-24 the path has changed again. This worked for me: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/SODA/1.1.1.5/SODAFiles/libsoda.so

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  • This should be an edit to the answer apple.stackexchange.com/a/439949/237
    – mmmmmm
    Commented Mar 24, 2023 at 12:55
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    @mmmmmm, this is fine as a stand-alone answer. An edit would make info relevant to users of older versions looking for this info impossible to find.
    – Allan
    Commented Mar 24, 2023 at 13:05
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    @allan both works, but there isn't a lot of value in adding a new answer each time the version number changes :-) I've edited the original answer to make it work with any version (as long as the path remains the same).
    – nohillside ♦
    Commented Mar 24, 2023 at 13:35
  • @Allan - I meant the edit should add to the answer as nohillside did
    – mmmmmm
    Commented Mar 25, 2023 at 8:41

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