Mac Build Distribution Workaround (Suggestion)

[time-killer-games]

Tested versions

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System information

macOS Sonoma

Issue description

On macOS they removed the ability to disable gatekeeper globally, (OS-wide), but you can still remove the quarantine attribute for a file or a directory recursively, which is basically doing the same thing for the relevant file or directory contents. This can be done as user instructions to get the app you distribute working until you get approved for the developer program.

Run in the terminal app:

xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine /path/to/RedotApp.app

This is a feature that is provided by Apple OS-level and is no secret. I doubt they would openly provide a way to do this if it were against their terms, but I never read their EULA on this topic, so don't use me as a credible source of knowledge.

Steps to reproduce

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Minimal reproduction project (MRP)

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[SkogiB]

Good to know, thank you for bringing it to our attention. It's a bit power user-y for many people, but its good to know. We do have some people willing to help with mac builds as a stop gap, and we're working on the Apple dev certificate as a high priority item, so this should be fixed soon either way.