[PD-dev] macOS 10.15 notarization

[Dan Wilcox]

Ja ja and Apple clubs a seal every time a million iPhones are sold. :P

In any case, it seems that, so far there is an official work around for the new security scheme. I'm curious to see if anything will change as the grace-period regarding notarization in macOS 10.15 is supposed to expire. Hopefully ad-hoc apps will still work as the decision to run the app is still left to the user the first time it is launched on the system. If that feature is removed, then Pd and *lots* of open source apps may stop working.

I understand the whole point of verification and security certificates, but I also hope they *never* remove the ability to run non-signed software. Fine, show us a warning, but don't lock things down completely for power users, etc.

> On Dec 13, 2019, at 11:34 AM, pd-dev-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
> 
> On 12.12.19 18:40, Dan Wilcox wrote:
>> As for the initial app warning, as far as I can tell, the only way to 
>> remove it is to sign the app with a developer ID. This requires an 
>> account and $100 a year.
> 
> Unfortunately there are some more hidden costs: One also needs a Mac for 
> the XCode toolchain. For the payment you need enable two-factor 
> authorization in your account (for which you need an iPhone) Both 
> devices need to run recent OS versions, so they can't be hardware which 
> Apple deprecated.
> If you register a "corporate" account with apple you will have to apply 
> for a D.U.N.S Number. If you live in Germany, Dun & Bradstreet will sell 
> your Address Data to the GEZ and you'll have to pay another 69,96 Euros 
> a year for public radio and TV.
> 
> Think Different!
> :D

--------
Dan Wilcox
@danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika>
danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/attachments/20191213/42005a68/attachment.html>