| # MacOS Notarization | |
| Notes on MacOS notarization can be found [here](docs/notarization.md). | |
| Per the current [Electron docs](https://www.electron.build/configuration/dmg), DMG signing is disabled by default as it will "lead to unwanted errors in combination with notarization requirements." Only the app bundle is zipped and submitted to Apple for notarization. | |
| ## Extracting Published ZIP Archive in MacOS 10.15 (Catalina) | |
| There is a [known bug](https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/4299#issuecomment-544683923) in which extracting notarized contents from a zip archive via double-click will lead to an invalid .app bundle that cannot be opened in macOS 10.15. Instead, the bundled app should be extracted via `ditto`: | |
| `ditto -x -k <zip archive> <destination folder>` | |
| ## Verification | |
| Notarization status of an application bundle can be verified via the `codesign`, `stapler` and `spctl` utilities: | |
| `codesign --test-requirement="=notarized" --verify --verbose WordPress.com.app` | |
| `xrun stapler validate WordPress.com.app` | |
| `spctl -a -v WordPress.com.app` | |