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But why are they even using Installer.app? First, why use an installer at all; second, if they really want an installer, why not make a custom installer app an
by comex 7y ago
But why are they even using Installer.app? First, why use an installer at all; second, if they really want an installer, why not make a custom installer app and avoid the "run a script" prompt? Installer.app doesn't have special privileges. Is the script approach just easier?
- saagarjha 7y agoEnterprise deployment?
- cosmotic 7y agoThe built-in installer gives developers a lot of freebies like permission escalation and gets around "hey, you're trying to run a program from the internet" prompt. That is at least until developers start bending over backwards with crazy shell scripts like the one found in the zoom installer.
- fiddlerwoaroof 7y agoThe interesting thing is that if you hit Command-I and Command-L you can see exactly what the package is doing, and the most recent one just seems to be moving an app to /Applications. For this sort of thing: download a zip, open the zip from your browser's download panel and then have the app move itself to /Applications when you open the extracted app is a much nicer flow that is semi-widespread.