Apple notarization altool command will be discontinued Fall 2023

[Tom Goddard]

A command that the ChimeraX Mac notarization script uses to notarize the app is deprecated and will no longer be available in Fall 2023.
We will need to find out the new way of doing notarization and use it.

	<key>warnings</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>code</key>
			<integer>-1030</integer>
			<key>message</key>
			<string>altool has been deprecated and, starting in fall 2023, will no longer be supported by the Apple notary service. You should start using notarytool to notarize your software.</string>
			<key>userInfo</key>
			<dict>
				<key>NSLocalizedDescription</key>
				<string>altool has been deprecated and, starting in fall 2023, will no longer be supported by the Apple notary service. You should start using notarytool to notarize your software.</string>
			</dict>
		</dict>
	</array>

[Tom Goddard]

Not sure who is taking over Conrad's Mac notarization script, so I assigned to Eric. But could be me or Zach or Greg. We can discuss in developer meeting.

[Tom Goddard]

The warning message says the replacement for the altool command is notarytool.

[Zach Pearson]

Need to find out which folders require notarization and which do not. For example, Foo/Contents/MacOS requires notarization but Foo/Contents/Resources does not.

[goddard@…]

Conrad's script that automates the notarization is build_tools/macosx_package/notarize.py in the build_tools git repository.  It traverses the application directory structure to figure out what to notarize.  The current script is 515 lines.  Another notarization problem is ticket #7209 where we do not get timestamps from Apple's  server most likely due to UCSF firewall issues.

[Eric Pettersen]

email from Apple:

Hello RBVI,

We’re reaching out because you recently used the altool command-line utility to notarize your macOS software with Apple. As announced last year at WWDC22, if you’re still using altool with the Apple notary service, you should transition to the notarytool command-line utility as soon as possible. Notarizing software with altool was deprecated in Xcode 13, and the Apple notary service will no longer accept uploads from altool as of November 1, 2023. Existing notarized software will continue to function properly.

For information on notarizing your apps, read TechNote TN3147: Migrating to the latest notarization tool.

If you have any questions, contact us.

Apple Developer Relations