Hi people, does anyone know if AppWrapper from Ohanaware is still an active product and offering support post purchase? Many thanks. Dave.
AFAIK, it still is: App Wrapper - Easily publish Mac apps on the Mac App Store or websites
Thanks Sascha, I’ve downloaded it, but having difficulty at the last step. No response from their support, but then, I’m using the evaluation version and haven’t paid them any money yet - so that might be the reason for that!
@Sam_Rowlands is in Taiwan, so be sure to give plenty of time for a reply. I have a back and forth discussion going with him right now, so I’m sure he’s around.
What issues are you having with Notarization?
2 Likes
Ah, is it just the one guy? Didn’t know. I shall wait. I’m trying to get an app to TestFlight stage at the AppStore but it keeps complaining about signatures and stuff. It’s suggesting (if I’m reading the error right) that the original app built in Xojo doesn’t have an indetifer set, which it does.
I’m on Xojo 2024r4, Mac OS Big Sur 11.7.6
No Sasha, that’s all there… and when I use codesign -dv - it returns a valid identifier…
Executable=/Users/davidyeaman/Documents/MB RB/Order System V2/Projects/Builds - Order System V2 Alpha/macOS Universal/Order System V2 Dev Alpha - App Store (UB)/Order System V2 Dev Alpha.app/Contents/MacOS/Order System V2 Dev Alpha
Identifier=uk.co.NDTec.OrderSystemV2Alpha
Format=app bundle with Mach-O universal (x86_64 arm64)
CodeDirectory v=20500 size=923626 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=28852+7 location=embedded
Signature size=9173
Timestamp=8 Jan 2025 at 14:20:13
Info.plist entries=25
TeamIdentifier=QUW2K2Z5MM
Runtime Version=11.1.0
Sealed Resources version=2 rules=13 files=427
Internal requirements count=1 size=196Do you have you created the application identifier on the https://developer.apple.com website ?
There is also an issue of whether you’ve given AppWrapper an app-specific password, though I’m not sure that has anything to do with MAS vs. independent distribution.
BTW, Sam does have an available beta of 4.8. So yes, this remains an actively maintained product. 
Yes done that too Jerry, it’s almost green across the board when I hit check - it also uploads the app to the AppStore, then bails at the end. I reckon I’m close.
1 Like
you’re bundle identifier to use in Xojo is : uk.co.NDTec.OrderSystemV2Alpha
That’s right Valdemar…
I’m not sure about using TestFlight, but I’ve had beta versions singed and uploaded for testers I name. Did you:
- Set the stage code of your app to Alpha or Beta
- Create a Provisioning Profile for the application
- Attach it using AppWrapper on the Development Release panel of the Provisioning Proviles page.
Doing these allowed be to upload a beta and have it tested by listed team members / groups, without publishing a version for release / sale.
Hi Ian and thanks for the reply. However, Sam has replied to me directly today with advice on how to get this working - in the end, it was some entitlements entries missing that I had to manually add in - all working now - thank you everybody. Dave.
Can you share this entitlement entry here?