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> As of Ventura you cannot bypass gatekeeper without a signature for a number of popular solutions. Electron being one of them. You can do so the same way you
by mike_hearn 4y ago
> As of Ventura you cannot bypass gatekeeper without a signature for a number of popular solutions. Electron being one of them.
You can do so the same way you always could. Perhaps you're mixing it up with ARM Macs requiring code to be signed by something? (it doesn't have to be by an Apple certificate). You can still run self-signed code on macOS even with Apple Silicon and the latest OS versions and there's no sign they'll ever change that. Our distribution tool Conveyor will self-sign apps for you out of the box and create a web page that tells users what to do [1], albeit we should make it less wordy.
> Apple developer license is apart of the app store
A Developer ID is separate from the app store, they're different certificate types. I distribute Mac software outside the store with one, no problem.
[1] example: https://downloads.hydraulic.dev/eton-sample/selfsigned/download.html https://downloads.hydraulic.dev/eton-sample/selfsigned/downl...
- devwastaken 4y agoI see no such thing as "self signing" that allows for distribution. Searches for that all point to "buy a developer account". I see no docs that reference it, at most self signing is referenced as still using an apple developer account. Which makes sense, if all I had to do is sign some malware, that doesn't prevent me from spreading malware. So if there is some method of this, it would be cool to know. I'll have to do some experiments.
- mike_hearn 4y agoYou can self-sign and distribute, your users just have to know how to bypass GateKeeper. Apple document this on their website, it's not a hack or anything. It just means that unless they know the secret handshake macOS will say the app is damaged. The download page Conveyor generates has instructions for what to do.