Signed and notarized macOS builds
Pekan for macOS is now signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. Downloading the .dmg or .zip and opening Pekan works the normal way now: unzip or mount, drag Pekan into Applications, and launch it.
You no longer need to right-click and choose Open to get past Gatekeeper, and you won't see the "Pekan can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software" or "app is damaged" messages that unsigned builds triggered. If you worked around this on an earlier version by clearing the quarantine flag from Terminal, that step isn't needed going forward.
A SHA256SUMS-mac.txt checksum file is still published alongside every release if you'd like to verify a download before running it, but notarization now gives you Apple's own guarantee that the build came from a known publisher and hasn't been tampered with since it was signed.
Highlights
- macOS downloads are signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple.
- Opening Pekan on macOS no longer triggers a Gatekeeper warning or needs the right-click-Open workaround.