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AppStore submission for Ruby/Glimmer app on MacOS without Xcode
Background I've repeatedly run into codesigning (and missing provisioning profile) issues for my Ruby/Glimmer app and am looking for ways to troubleshoot this outside of Xcode. The app structure is as follows: PATHmanager.app └── Contents ├── Info.plist ├── MacOS │   └── PATHmanager ├── PkgInfo ├── Resources │   └── AppIcon.icns ├── _CodeSignature │   └── CodeResources └── embedded.provisionprofile Architecture I have a Mac mini Apple M2 Pro with macOS Ventura 13.4. Xcode is not used directly, but the underlying command line tools (e.g., codesign, productbuild, pkgutil, xcrun) are run from a custom Ruby script. xcodebuild -version Xcode 14.3.1 Build version 14E300c Questions Is the .app directory and file structure/naming sufficient? If not, can you point me in the direction of a minimal example that does not use Xcode? Info.plist is an XML text document (not binary), which I believe is in an acceptable format, but how do I lint this file and determine if it contains all of the necessary key/value pairs? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key> <string>en</string> <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key> <string>PATH manager</string> <key>CFBundleExecutable</key> <string>PATHmanager</string> <key>CFBundleIconFile</key> <string>AppIcon.icns</string> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>com.chipcastle.pathmanager</string> <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key> <string>6.0</string> <key>CFBundleName</key> <string>PATHmanager</string> <key>CFBundlePackageType</key> <string>APPL</string> <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key> <string>1.15</string> <key>CFBundleSupportedPlatforms</key> <array> <string>MacOSX</string> </array> <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>1.15</string> <key>ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption</key> <false/> <key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key> <string>public.app-category.developer-tools</string> <key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key> <string>12.0</string> <key>LSUIElement</key> <false/> <key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key> <dict> <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key> <true/> </dict> <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key> <string>© 2025 Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc.</string> <key>NSMainNibFile</key> <string>MainMenu</string> <key>NSPrincipalClass</key> <string>NSApplication</string> </dict> </plist> PATHmanager is a Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64 file created by using Tebako. Does this executable need to be codesigned, or is codesigning the .app folder sufficient? Does the .app directory need an entitlements file? Here's how I codesign it: codesign --deep --force --verify --verbose=4 --options runtime --timestamp --sign 'Apple Distribution: Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. (BXN9N7MNU3)' '/Users/chip/Desktop/distribution/PATHmanager.app' Does the PATHmanager binary need an entitlements file? Here's how I codesign it: codesign --deep --force --verify --verbose=4 --options runtime --timestamp --entitlements '/Users/chip/Desktop/PATHmanager.entitlements' --sign 'Apple Distribution: Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. (BXN9N7MNU3)' '/Users/chip/Desktop/distribution/PATHmanager.app/Contents/MacOS/PATHmanager' How can I verify what entitlements, if any, are required for codesigning the binary? The PATHmanager.entitlements file is an XML text file containing only the following: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key> <true/> </dict> </plist> Is the embedded.provisionprofile necessary, and if so, how do I know determine if it matches the certificate or entitlements that I'm using? Additionally, is it named and located properly? I submitted this to the AppStore several weeks ago and the reviewer reported that the executable would not load on their machine (even though it worked on mine.) Is it better for me to release via TestFlight for testing, and if so, do I need to following a separate process for codesigning (i.e., using different entitlements, profiles, certs, etc) when doing so? I've been playing whack-a-mole with this for too long to mention and am hoping to nail down a better deployment flow, so any suggestions for improvement will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Topic: Code Signing SubTopic: General
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PKG Installer Fails Notarytool Submission Process
I am trying to get a PKG installer through the Apple codesign and notarytool process. When I submit the PKG installer I get a status message of "Invalid" and when I review the log file it has 2 errors. For "status summary" it says: "Archive contains critical validation errors", and for "message" it says" "The binary is not signed". The installer contains a flat file that is installed in the "Users/Shared" folder via the PKG installer. Here are the steps I've taken to get the installer through the codesign and notarytool process. codesign the file that's placed in the "Users/Shared" folder: codesign --options=runtime --sign 'Developer ID Application: XYZ' -v /Users/.../Documents/folder/"flat file" which I get a message saying "signed generic". Create the PKG installer with the signed "flat file". Sign the PKG installer containing the signed "flat file": codesign --options=runtime --sign 'Developer ID Application: XYZ' -v /Users/.../Documents/folder/"flat file" which I get a message saying "signed generic". Submit the PKG file with notarytool: xcrun notarytool submit /Users/.../Documents/folder/"flat file" --verbose --apple-id username --password password --team-id ID# --progress It completes and provides the submission ID. I check the status and get the error message that it's invalid. When I check the full details via the log I get the error messages mentioned above. What am I missing or failing to do?
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Feb ’25
Unsuccessful at distributing standalone version of the simulator
Hello, I have this simulator made in Unity that I want to distribute as Standalone. It consists of launcher which, when users download it, downloads the game. I've built the launcher, got Developer ID Application certificate, added entitlements from: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/macoscodesigning.html#signing-identity I've signed the .app of the launcher and 2 dlls chatgpt recommended to sign, zipped it, notarized .zip successfully, stapled to .app and put it on Google Drive to test. I got my other MacBook Pro, downloaded the zip, tried to open it. It did open, but there is a black loading screen saying "0% progress, 0B/0B" indicating that it isn't downloading anything - no network calling. When checked using command xattr -l path/to/file.app I get the following output: com.apple.macl: @?????I???|???? com.apple.quarantine: 0083;67bf1a22;Safari;69764595-CA94-44D2-B679-A69DC4669382 There are some specifics I think are also important to mention. I tried to code-sign it, notarize it and staple it using only Terminal and I'd like to keep it that way because I am very unfamiliar with Mac so I've avoided using Xcode as much as possible I really want to avoid putting the simulator up on the App Store, so I must have Standalone solution and Standalone solution only I believe that there might be problem with needing right entitlements, but I don't know how to check which one's are needed for users to avoid using "xattr" command in terminal to allow the launcher to run because of GateKeeper I've been banging my head against the wall with this problem for over a month and I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Feb ’25
Re-signing .app with a different team's (under same org) Developer ID Application identity
I am developing a macOS app that requires the Associated Domains entitlement. The app will be distributed as a custom app. The app needs to be signed using Team A’s Developer ID Application certificate and packaged under Team A’s Team ID. Team A has a secure signing and packaging setup, but they do not provide access to their Developer ID Application Identity (cert) or their provisioning profile. I am part of Team B and have access to Team B’s Developer ID Application identity and provisioning profiles. I am thinking of doing the following: I create a provisioning profile under Team B that authorizes the Associated Domains entitlement. I sign the app using Team B’s Developer ID Application identity, ensuring the required entitlements are included. Then, I re-sign the app using Team A’s Developer ID Application identity, since Team A has also set up the same bundle ID with the Associated Domains entitlement and corresponding provisioning profile. Questions: Is this approach correct & does it have any drawback? Will the double signing process work without issues, given that Team A has the required provisioning profile for the same bundle ID? Are there better ways to handle this situation where signing must be done under Team A but access is limited? Thanks!
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Mar ’25
MacOS crash, UnityPlayer.dylib
I’ve been having problems with MacOS builds. I’m making a release Appstore build and uploading it to Testflight. However when running it instantly crashes, and report screen shows the following: Current flow: I sign all files in PlugIns/ (we have a number of .bundle), and I’ve tried combinations of signing with/without --entitlements, as well as with/without --deep. After this I sign Frameworks/GameAssembly.dylib and Frameworks/UnityPlayer.dylib. Again, I’ve tried combinations of with/without --entitlements and --deep, also not signing them at all. After signing PlugIns and frameworks, I sign the .app, also tried this with/without --deep (always with --entitlements). Finally I make a .pkg and upload to Testflight. It’s not the game, as I can make an enterprise version that runs fine. We have some restricted entitlements, such as Apple Arcade. Building from an M1 mac, and architecture is Universal (Intel + ARM). Unity documentation says to use --deep, but Apple documentation highly recommend against it. So basically, my question is, how and in what order should I sign the files? Much obliged!
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Mar ’25
SystemPolicyAllFiles code signing requirement
Hello. I have an enterprise application that requires specific privileges to execute correctly on MacOS. One of these privileges is SystemPolicyAllFiles (aka Full Disk Access), as we use the endpoint security framework. When we distribute our application, we generate: A signed, notarized pkg consisting of our application binaries. An MDM-compatible .mobileconfig, which contains the SystemPolicyAllFiles setting. We expect our users to install both to get the application to function correctly. However, we have three environments we deploy to: Internal (local development on a developer's workstation), "development" (where features are integrated prior to release) and "production" (what our customers get). For local, our developers create an Apple account and use a Mac Development certificate for signing. They also generate their own embedded.provisionprofile and drop that into their local installation config. For development/production, we use our Developer ID certificate and Developer Installer certificate, with an endpoint security embedded.provisionprofile bound to those. However, when we generate a .mobileconfig, we need to include a CodeRequirement (CR) for SystemPolicyAllFiles. I've been retrieving this using codesign -dr - ... (i.e., the designated requirement aka DR). However, the designated requirement is very specific to the certificate, which is problematic specifically for local development, where each developer has their own Mac Development certificate. Here's what the relevant section of our generated mobileconfig looks like right now: &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;SystemPolicyAllFiles&lt;/key&gt; &lt;array&gt; &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;Allowed&lt;/key&gt; &lt;true/&gt; &lt;key&gt;CodeRequirement&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;identifier "com.example.app and anchor apple generic and certificate 1[field.1.2.840.113635.100.6.2.6] /* exists */ and certificate leaf[field.1.2.840.113635.100.6.1.13] /* exists */ and certificate leaf[subject.OU] = &lt;TEAMID&gt;&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;Comment&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;app&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;Identifier&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;com.exmple.app&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;IdentifierType&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;bundleID&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;StaticCode&lt;/key&gt; &lt;false/&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; &lt;/array&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; That's in a format that works for our Developer ID cert, but the DR for the Mac Development certificate looks like: identifier "com.example.app" and anchor apple generic and certificate leaf[subject.CN] = "Mac Developer: John Doe (12ABC34567)" and certificate 1[field.1.2.840.113635.100.6.2.1] /* exists */ Question: Is it possible to relax the code requirement so that it is generic enough to cover all Mac Developer certificates and Developer ID certificates we use? If not, is there a way to have one code requirement for our Mac Developer certificates and a separate CR for our Developer ID certificate? My use case is deploying a static "local" .mobileconfig using our internal company MDM (Apple Business Essentials) to all developer workstations so we don't have to have each developer manually configure their system for the software to run. Thanks! D
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Mar ’25
Code signing error.
There is something wrong with my keychain. Can someone point me in the right direction? codesign --force --sign "Developer ID Application: Denis Putnam (2368694WQF)" --options runtime "/Users/denisputnam/git/expense_tracker/dist/ExpenseTracker.app" /Users/denisputnam/git/expense_tracker/dist/ExpenseTracker.app: replacing existing signature Warning: unable to build chain to self-signed root for signer "Developer ID Application: Denis Putnam (2368694WQF)" /Users/denisputnam/git/expense_tracker/dist/ExpenseTracker.app: errSecInternalComponent Deniss-MacBook-Pro:expense_tracker denisputnam$ security find-certificate -c "Developer ID Certification Authority" -p /Library/Keychains/System.keychain | openssl x509 -noout -dates notBefore=Sep 22 18:55:10 2021 GMT notAfter=Sep 17 00:00:00 2031 GMT Deniss-MacBook-Pro:expense_tracker denisputnam$
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Mar ’25
Multiple Executables in a Single Bundle Fails to Launch Others After Codesign
We have a rather complex network of dependencies for our application stack and, from it, we create multiple unique executables that are placed into the Contents/MacOS directory of our bundle. MyApp.app `- Contents/ `- Frameworks/... `- MacOS/ `- exec_a `- exec_b `- Resources/... Both executables require the same dependencies (and use the same shared .dylib files built as targets in the same project) so it makes sense for them to be in the same place rather than in their own .app folder as I understand it. Qt Libs -> core_lib.dylib -> gui_lib.dylib -> exec_a `-> exec_b etc. We've confirmed build artifacts are correct and the rpath/dependencies are all clean. When in development, all executables run as expected and we can command exec_a (the executable we're listing in the primary Info.plist) to launch exec_b at any time. Once the bundle is signed, however, we cannot get exec_b to launch in any capacity. Even lldb dies right away because it can't attach to anything. We assume this is something in the gatekeeper area of blocking these additional executables. We get the following when trying to run those additional exes in any way: Trace/BPT trap: 5 We're using macdeployqt to finalize the bundle and bring in the correct packages - perhaps something it's doing is causing the additional executables to fail or we're missing an entitlement. We've submitted the app to TestFlights successfully even with these invalid executables to see if there was something the processing of the app would find but so far nothing. We've seen other example of applications with multiple executables in the same MacOS directory and are wondering what the difference is. Any hints or guidance would be great. Thank you!
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Apr ’25
Can't Get Past Code Signing Error When Building Flutter App
Hi, I developed a Flutter app that works well in the iOS simulator, but that fails to deploy on my physical iPhone 13 Pro Max. Here is the error I get: Target debug_unpack_ios failed: Exception: Failed to codesign /Users//Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Runner-/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/Flutter.framework/Flutter with identity I've followed all the instructions that I found online, like moving my project from cloud storage to my local hard drive, but nothing has worked. Thank you so much for your help!
Topic: Code Signing SubTopic: General
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Apr ’25
Need help with code signing.
My app designer cannot sign his code changes. He says the only way he can sign his code is for me to give him my Admin privileges. I have revoked and recreated my certificate, hoping to get a private passkey, but there was no private passkey issued with the certificate. Help, please?
Topic: Code Signing SubTopic: General
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Apr ’25
"mapped file has no cdhash, completely unsigned?" when cdhash exists
Hi, I have created a conda python environment which I have packaged into a .tar.gz (using conda-pack) and which runs correctly when extracted (in this example, it only contains the scipy package). However, when I sign the necessary files within the environment (i.e. the binaries, the dylibs, the .so files), attempting to load scipy.sparse now fails with the error "mapped file has no cdhash, completely unsigned" about one of the .so files. Furthermore, I believe that this file does in fact have a cdhash. The signing process represented by my example below has been working for about a year, and I am unsure why it has suddenly stopped working. I am on a 2020 MacBook Pro with an i7 processor and running Sequoia 15.1.1. Here is a minimal example showing the creating of the conda environment, codesigning, and the error message. Many thanks in advance! # Create and activate conda env > conda create -y -n mwe_env python=3.10 > conda activate mwe_env # Verify scipy not initially installed (mwe_env) > python Python 3.10.16 (main, Dec 11 2024, 10:24:41) [Clang 14.0.6 ] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import scipy Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'scipy' (mwe_env) > pip install scipy Collecting scipy Downloading scipy-1.15.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_14_0_x86_64.whl.metadata (61 kB) Collecting numpy<2.5,>=1.23.5 (from scipy) Downloading numpy-2.2.4-cp310-cp310-macosx_14_0_x86_64.whl.metadata (62 kB) Downloading scipy-1.15.2-cp310-cp310-macosx_14_0_x86_64.whl (25.1 MB) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 25.1/25.1 MB 17.3 MB/s eta 0:00:00 Downloading numpy-2.2.4-cp310-cp310-macosx_14_0_x86_64.whl (7.0 MB) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 7.0/7.0 MB 16.4 MB/s eta 0:00:00 Installing collected packages: numpy, scipy Successfully installed numpy-2.2.4 scipy-1.15.2 (mwe_env) > python Python 3.10.16 (main, Dec 11 2024, 10:24:41) [Clang 14.0.6 ] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import scipy.sparse >>> # success! # Package conda env (mwe_env) > conda-pack --output mwe_env.tar.gz --name mwe_env Collecting packages... Packing environment at '/path/to/my/conda/envs/mwe_env' to 'mwe_env.tar.gz' [########################################] | 100% Completed | 7.8s (mwe_env) > conda deactivate > mkdir mwe_dir && cd mwe_dir > tar -xzvf ../mwe_env.tar.gz > source bin/activate (mwe_dir) > python Python 3.10.16 (main, Dec 11 2024, 10:24:41) [Clang 14.0.6 ] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import scipy.sparse >>> # success! # Sign the binaries and .dylibs and .so files (mwe_dir) > find bin -type f | xargs -n1 xcrun codesign -f -o runtime --timestamp --sign "Developer ID Application: MY_TEAM_ID" (mwe_dir) > find . -name "*.dylib" -o -name "*.so" -type f | xargs -n1 xcrun codesign -f -o runtime --timestamp --sign "Developer ID Application: MY_TEAM_ID" # the second command prints many lines saying it is "replacing existing signature" (mwe_dir) > python Python 3.10.16 (main, Dec 11 2024, 10:24:41) [Clang 14.0.6 ] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import scipy.sparse Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/__init__.py", line 315, in <module> from . import csgraph File "/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/csgraph/__init__.py", line 187, in <module> from ._laplacian import laplacian File "/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/csgraph/_laplacian.py", line 7, in <module> from scipy.sparse.linalg import LinearOperator File "/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/__init__.py", line 134, in <module> from ._eigen import * File "/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/__init__.py", line 9, in <module> from .arpack import * File "/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/__init__.py", line 20, in <module> from .arpack import * File "/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/arpack.py", line 50, in <module> from . import _arpack ImportError: dlopen(/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/_arpack.cpython-310-darwin.so, 0x0002): tried: '/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/_arpack.cpython-310-darwin.so' (code signature in <5DD8FC01-7360-3DB9-8273-C8A45ABB19A9> '/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/_arpack.cpython-310-darwin.so' not valid for use in process: mapped file has no cdhash, completely unsigned? Code has to be at least ad-hoc signed.), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/_arpack.cpython-310-darwin.so' (no such file), '/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/_arpack.cpython-310-darwin.so' (code signature in <5DD8FC01-7360-3DB9-8273-C8A45ABB19A9> '/path/to/mwe_dir/conda_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/_arpack.cpython-310-darwin.so' not valid for use in process: mapped file has no cdhash, completely unsigned? Code has to be at least ad-hoc signed.) # But: (mwe_dir) > xcrun codesign -dvvv /path/to/mwe_dir/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/_arpack.cpython-310-darwin.so Executable=/path/to/mwe_dir/lib/python3.10/site-packages/scipy/sparse/linalg/_eigen/arpack/_arpack.cpython-310-darwin.so Identifier=_arpack.cpython-310-darwin Format=Mach-O thin (x86_64) CodeDirectory v=20400 size=4318 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=129+2 location=embedded Library validation warning=OS X SDK version before 10.9 does not support Library Validation Hash type=sha256 size=32 CandidateCDHash sha256=816731ecd1ad01b38555cbfef8c000628696d0ca CandidateCDHashFull sha256=816731ecd1ad01b38555cbfef8c000628696d0ca53376aebf6fae28d8c02f519 Hash choices=sha256 CMSDigest=816731ecd1ad01b38555cbfef8c000628696d0ca53376aebf6fae28d8c02f519 CMSDigestType=2 CDHash=816731ecd1ad01b38555cbfef8c000628696d0ca Signature size=9000 Authority=Developer ID Application: MY_TEAM_ID Authority=Developer ID Certification Authority Authority=Apple Root CA Timestamp=2 Apr 2025 at 16:24:52 Info.plist=not bound TeamIdentifier=MY_TEAM_ID Sealed Resources=none Internal requirements count=1 size=188
Topic: Code Signing SubTopic: General
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Apr ’25
Getting a public service app not to send scary messages
I’ve developed a macOS app, but I’ve had trouble using a script to fully codesign it and package it into a .dmg file. I was only able to complete codesigning using the third-party app itself—not via command-line scripts. Is it possible to write a script that automates the entire process of codesigning the app? To provide the best user experience for those downloading the app outside of the Mac App Store, is it correct to first package it as a .app and then wrap that into a .dmg file for distribution? Currently, the app is available on the web as a .dmg. When downloaded, it appears in a folder and can be double-clicked to launch. However, macOS displays a warning that it was downloaded from the internet. Can I use a script to remove that quarantine warning? If possible, I’d appreciate a step-by-step explanation and a sample command-line script to: Codesign the app properly Package it into a signed .dmg Remove the quarantine attribute for local testing or distribution Is the reason I was only able to codesign it inside the third-party app due to how that app was built, or can this always be done from the command line?
Topic: Code Signing SubTopic: General
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Apr ’25
codesign fails with no explanation
When I first tried to sign my local unit test with the identity generated by Xcode, it failed because the intermediate certificate was missing. In that case, the error message explained that the trust chain could not be completed. But after installing the correct intermediate, codesign still fails, but no longer gives any explanation: codesign -f -s '0EFE7E591A4E690842094B8EC5AFDFE059637D3C' build/Darwin-Xcode-arm64_obf/bin/Release/UNITTEST build/Darwin-Xcode-arm64_obf/bin/Release/UNITTEST: replacing existing signature build/Darwin-Xcode-arm64_obf/bin/Release/UNITTEST: errSecInternalComponent It's the same error line "errSecInternalComponent". Is there a log somewhere that might explain what exactly is the error?
Topic: Code Signing SubTopic: General
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Apr ’25
Replacing binary within app (in-situ upgrade) without breaking signing?
Yes, this is very likely the completely wrong way to do things but I would like to ask regardless. Currently with windows/linux I can perform an in-situ upgrade of an application by performing a download of the binary 'foo' and then doing a rename-and-replace and subsequently requesting the licencee to restart the program and all is good. With macOS, as the binary is within the foo.app ( Contents/macOS/foo ) I imagine I cannot perform a similar operation without breaking the signing of the foo.app itself? ....or, can I individually sign the binary foo for macOS and perform the same type of operation? Download new foo as foo.new rename current foo.app/Content/macOS/foo -> foo.old rename foo.new -> foo Restart application Again, I know this is very likely an un-macOS way of performing the task but as you can imagine with supporting cross-platform development it's usually easier to maintain a consistent method even if it's "not ideal".
Topic: Code Signing SubTopic: General
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Apr ’25
add /usr/bin/codesign to acl for private key
Displaying attribute for a private key I see a number of applications that are allowed to access it without needing a password e.g. racoon; Keychain Access.app; Certificate Assitant.app etc.. I want to add /usr/bin/codesign to the list but the gui window that pops up when I click on + doesn't seem to allow me to do that :( How do I do it please
Topic: Code Signing SubTopic: General
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Apr ’25
codesign add extended attributes to some files
The Codesign command adds extended attributes to files that previously had no extended attributes. In my case codesign add following extended attributes to text file in Frrameworks folder: com.apple.cs.CodeDirectory com.apple.cs.CodeRequirements com.apple.cs.CodeRequirements-1 com.apple.cs.CodeSignature Can I somehow prevent this behavior? Thank you.
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Apr ’25
App Sandbox & Missing Symbols for Nested PyInstaller App Bundle
Hi Developers, I'm encountering persistent validation errors in Xcode 16.3 (16E140) on macOS 15.4.1 (24E263) with M1 when archiving and distributing a macOS app (Developer ID signing + notarization). App Structure: A native Swift/Obj-C wrapper app that launches a nested .app inside its Resources. The nested app is built with PyInstaller and includes: A Python core Custom C++ binaries Many bundled .so libraries (e.g., from OpenCV, PyQt/PySide) Issues During Validation: App Sandbox Not Enabled Error: App Sandbox missing for NestedApp.app/Contents/MacOS/NestedExecutable. Question: For Developer ID (not App Store), is sandboxing strictly required for nested PyInstaller apps? If the wrapper is sandboxed, must the nested app be as well? Given the PyInstaller app's nature (requiring broad system access), how should entitlements be managed? Upload Symbols Failed Errors for missing .dSYM files for: The nested app’s executable Custom C++ binaries .so files (OpenCV, PyQt, etc.) These are either third-party or built without DWARF data, making .dSYM generation impractical post-build. Question: Are these symbol errors critical for Developer ID notarization (not App Store)? Can notarization succeed despite them? Is lack of symbol upload a known limitation with PyInstaller apps? Any best practices?
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