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Sign and notarize app with Apple Developer certificate

Open petersterne opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments

In order for the app to install easily on MacOS, we need to get an Apple Developer certificate and then sign the app and get it notarized by Apple. I believe that all needs to be done through Xcode.

If someone (@mattahorton?) already has an individual Apple developer account, we can potentially use theirs. Otherwise I can create a new individual Apple account for $99/yr. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be able to get an organization developer account since Stage Whisper is not a legal entity.

petersterne avatar Sep 30 '22 16:09 petersterne

So the issue with having an individual do it is that, for example, if I do it, I now own your certs for this application. If I don't pay my bill? Or I get too busy for the project? Or if I am malicious? (I'm not but you know.)

I would look into options for non company organizations. I don't know if there is one, but I'd look first. I also cannot volunteer myself for the providing of certs. Happy to help with the signing scripts.

mattahorton avatar Oct 04 '22 23:10 mattahorton