James Howard Young

It is once again possible to get Max standalones approved for sale in the Apple App store. The process is now much, much simpler due to an app called 

2) Generate certificates, App ID, and profile 

4) Wrap app with App Wrapper 4, selecting the correct capabilities and certificates. Uncheck "App Store Submission" under "Packing". Check "Notarization". Check "App-sandbox" and uncheck "Hardened"

App Wrapper 4 takes care of all the notarization, codesigning, and everything that used to need to be done manually. It is no longer necessary to change bundle ID's and codesign externals individually. Once you have created your standalone, the entire process getting it ready for submission to Apple takes about 10 minutes.

It is once again possible to get Max standalones approved for sale in the Apple  App store. The process is now much, much simpler due to an app called App Wrapper 4  

Steps: 
1) Sign up for developer account
2) Generate certificates, App ID, and profile (see Part 1 here) 
3) Download and install App Wrapper 4 
4) Wrap app with App Wrapper 4, selecting the correct capabilities  and certificates. Uncheck "App Store Submission" under "Packing". Check "Notarization".  Check "App-sandbox" and uncheck "Hardened"
5) Download Transporter app 
6) Send package to Apple for approval

App Wrapper 4 takes care of all the notarization, codesigning, and everything that used to need to be done manually. It is no longer necessary to change bundle ID's and codesign externals individually. Once you have created your standalone, the entire process getting it ready for submission to Apple takes about 10  minutes. 

It is once again possible to get Max standalones approved for sale in the Apple  App store. 

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Is still necessary to build app separate from externals etc.?

Wow, thx James.
Is still necessary to build app separate from externals etc.?
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I don't think it is but I have been doing it anyway. I believe it makes the app slightly smaller.

Hi James, happy I stumbled upon this thread. Unfortunately, even though this is way easier than the traditional way, I still get a bunch of errors and if I notarize the app will stop opening the window when launched. Do you have any guide on how to use App Wrapper fro Max Standalones?

Hey there, thanks for the feedback, Are you using hardened runtime? You don't need to have that selected for app store and that might be causing problems.

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