OSX says I am an "unidentified developer" after code-signing

General
1

This is not good.

I got a new macbook, so I:

  1. I downloaded X-Code
  2. Downloaded my certificates into X-Code
  3. Certificates are in the Keychain
  4. The “Mac App Store Prep Tool” or MASPT says code signing was successful
  5. There is a “_CodeSignature” in the contents of my app
  6. When I try to open it, I am an unidentified developer.

I have been code signing for years now, albeit with an older RealBasic and older X-Code and always using the MASPT. Has anyone else run into this or found any solutions?

2

you need to make sure you sign both the dylibs and the app itself.
Maybe you should try one of those helper tools? App Wrapper for example.

3

This is currently working for me, the deep thing seems to sort it out.

codesign -f --deep -s ‘Developer ID Application: DEVIDNAME’ ‘/users/ME/Documents/MyApp.app’

4

Thanks for the terminal code

It “appears” to be going through, but when I try to launch the app I am still getting I am an “unidentified developer”

In the Apple certificate web portal, I thought I could delete the certs and remake them, but apparently that is not possible? So X-Code just downloaded my existing ones and they do show up in my keychain.

This is baffling :frowning:

5

Is it possible to delete my old mac installer and application and make new ones? Would that solve the problem?