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Last I checked, you didn't even need the $99 Mac Developer program to get a signing certificate. You just needed an Apple Developer Id. The $99 program allows

Last I checked, you didn't even need the $99 Mac Developer program to get a signing certificate. You just needed an Apple Developer Id. The $99 program allows you to submit apps to the app store and gives you access to pre-release binaries, etc.

X-Istence 14y ago
I keep hearing that all I need is a developer ID to get a signing certificate, but nowhere on the developer website for Apple do I see where I can get this certificate without first forking over $99 for the mac Developer Program... https://developer.apple.com/resources/developer-id/ https://developer.apple.com/resources/developer-id/
jasomill 14y ago
Even better — I was already a member of the paid program when Mountain Lion was announced, and this point wasn't clear from the original announcement. Even more significant: as a registered developer, it took me less than ten minutes on developer.apple.com to obtain a Developer ID, to use it to successfully sign an executable and an installer package, and to verify the resulting signatures. In contrast, as an MSDN Universal member, Microsoft directs me to a list of root certificates installed in current versions of Windows [1], leaving me to puzzle out which are willing and able to sign third-party code-signing certificates (as, presumably, organizations like the French Secrétariat Général de la Défense Nationale are not). As an aside, the official copy of this list is posted on TechNet as an unlocked wiki page I'm permitted to edit!?! [1] http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2592.aspx http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2...
gergles 14y ago
That's incorrect. The copy is: "1. Getting your Developer ID. Mac Developer Program members can get their Developer ID now. If you’re not already a member, join today." "Join today" links to https://developer.apple.com/programs/mac/ https://developer.apple.com/programs/mac/, where they politely ask for their $99/year software development tax.

X-Istence 14y ago

I keep hearing that all I need is a developer ID to get a signing certificate, but nowhere on the developer website for Apple do I see where I can get this certificate without first forking over $99 for the mac Developer Program... https://developer.apple.com/resources/developer-id/ https://developer.apple.com/resources/developer-id/

jasomill 14y ago

Even better — I was already a member of the paid program when Mountain Lion was announced, and this point wasn't clear from the original announcement. Even more significant: as a registered developer, it took me less than ten minutes on developer.apple.com to obtain a Developer ID, to use it to successfully sign an executable and an installer package, and to verify the resulting signatures. In contrast, as an MSDN Universal member, Microsoft directs me to a list of root certificates installed in current versions of Windows [1], leaving me to puzzle out which are willing and able to sign third-party code-signing certificates (as, presumably, organizations like the French Secrétariat Général de la Défense Nationale are not). As an aside, the official copy of this list is posted on TechNet as an unlocked wiki page I'm permitted to edit!?! [1] http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2592.aspx http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2...

gergles 14y ago

That's incorrect. The copy is: "1. Getting your Developer ID. Mac Developer Program members can get their Developer ID now. If you’re not already a member, join today." "Join today" links to https://developer.apple.com/programs/mac/ https://developer.apple.com/programs/mac/, where they politely ask for their $99/year software development tax.