Sharing a desktop app, or with beta testers

[Martin Koob]

+1 to Peter’s comments

I also have benefited from the lesson listed below and Matthias’ helper stack.

Also when I ran into problems following the lesson or using the Helper stack Matthias was very responsive and helpful.

Setting up an Apple Developer account is not hard and just a part of doing business if you are developing for iOS, macOS …

The process for Code Signing, Notorizing and Stapling does seem daunting at first.  I would recommend diving in first with a knife in your teeth to the command line as outlined in the lessons so you can learn what is going on.  I found it helpful to see the responses to any errors I made so I could learn what parameters were needed and how they were written in the command line.  This helped me to ensure I had the correct parameters for the fields right in the helper app.

Then I would start using the helper stack using the parameters from the command line to fill in the fields in the helper app.

When I come across these kinds of tasks that are new and daunting with technology I have not used before they sometimes cause me anxiety to the point where I can’t face starting them.  For these I have a mantra “Other people have done this so why can’t I do it too.”  Taking that attitude I am able to overcome that mental inertia that keeps me from starting to work on it.



Martin




> On Jan 26, 2022, at 4:28 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Matthias’ tool has been a lifesaver for me. I use it constantly.
> 
> You do need to get an Apple developer account going, and the dev certificates in Keychain in order, which can be a challenge. But once that’s done it’s a breeze.
> 
> If you want to create an installer, you’ll need to code sign that as well. DropDMG helps you set that up as well.
> 
> Peter Bogdanoff