There's no review, it's an automated process that adds a security key to
the files. It sounds a lot like the RSA public/private keys I added to my
current project to verify that the files hadn't been tampered with. That's
definitely a security thing. Gatekeeper will be updated to check that the
keys match.
If you plan to distribute in the App Store, the security keys must be in
place before the app is submitted for normal review. If you will be
distributing privately, users with newer versions of OSX may not be able to
launch the app if is not secured. If you already have apps in the App Store
they won't be affected.
While I'm not happy with the general direction Apple is taking with OSX,
their main PR lately has been how much more secure the OS is compared to
most others. They've been caught recently with a few bad submissions their
review missed, which may have triggered this new change.
I'm not happy with this because the submission process was already bad
enough, but I don't think it's some secret plan to take over all our software.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On April 10, 2019 6:15:45 AM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
From the first link to the Apple developer site:
"Important
Beginning in macOS 10.14.5, all new or updated kernel extensions and all
software from developers new to distributing with Developer ID must be
notarized in order to run. In a future version of macOS, notarization
will be required by default for all software."
It seems that this is the next step in the inevitable move by Apple to
require all macOS applications to be sold through the Apple Store where
they will take their desired 30% cut from your revenue. Notarization is
the step that say all apps must go through Apple (automated) review. It
is being sold under the guise of "security" and "trust", after all, who
can argue with those. Notarized apps can still be sold and distributed
as you like, but the next step after that (with OSX 10.15 or later) will
surely be the move to unify OSX apps under sole Apple distributorship
like iOS apps.
Oh Joy!
On 4/9/2019 10:27 PM, Tariel Gogoberidze via use-livecode wrote:
Hi
It seems that as of MacOS 14.5 all new and updated apps would not run
without been “notarized” by Apple.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution
<https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution>
https://www.cultofmac.com/618378/apple-will-soon-require-all-macos-apps-to-be-notarized/
<https://www.cultofmac.com/618378/apple-will-soon-require-all-macos-apps-to-be-notarized/>
Anybody on the list who “notarized” their Mac OS app or who knows what it
takes ?
regards
Tariel
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