You will also need to purchase a code signing certificate from Apple.Ĭonsult the document OSX Packaging.pdf for all further steps after the SetupWizard generates the Mac folder structure.
Packages needs the folder structure which is generated into the Output folder by the SetupWizard.
On your Mac, you need to do this last step manually:įor this you have to manually download & install the free Packages install generator on your Mac machine. After you install it, SetupWizard can automatically compile all source files into an Installer. The newest version of InnoSetup is automatically downloaded for you. Another change is that Gatekeeper will run its list of checks every time you open an app.Building an Installer for Mac Building an Installer for Macįor the Windows & Macintosh versions of the Publisher, the 3P SetupWizard Windows application takes care of all the binary downloading, file generation and branding.įor the Windows version, the SetupWizard relies on the free InnoSetup compiler to package the source files. Previously you could get around Gatekeeper by launching the app via Terminal but now if you open an app via Terminal Gatekeeper will still check it out. In macOS Catalina, which was introduced in October 2019, Apple made Gatekeeper even more stringent. Then, even if it matches those requirements, Gatekeeper will ask you to confirm that you want to open the app. It also checks whether the app is written by a developer known to Apple (aka Signed). These measures include Gatekeeper, which is Apple’s name for the security aspect of macOS that checks apps for malware and quarantines them.
While we can all follow the advice not to download apps from file-sharing sites, or via links on dodgy looking emails, Apple’s basically put in measures to make it harder for us to install apps that might be dangerous. It might even look like a well-known app, but have malicious code added to it. These measures are designed to protect us from malware that might arrive on our Macs disguised as an app that we think we can trust. As we said above there is good reason for this.
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