Making my macOS app to be downloadable on website

I’m going to presume that you know how to zip up your app and put it on a web site, and thus you’re mainly focused on how to code sign your app. To ship outside of the Mac App Store you need to:

1. Sign your code using Developer ID.

2. Notarise your code. See Notarizing macOS Software Before Distribution for an introduction to that.

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Thanks for the reply, could you also share details about 'zipping the app and putting it on a website'?
I tried googling , but there is nearly no search results about how to do it.
Thanks

There’s two parts to this:

1. Packing your app up for distribution

2. Putting it on a web site for folks to download

I can’t help you with part 2 because this is not an Apple-specific thing. You’ll need to engage with a third-party web hosting service.

With regards part 1, there are three common packaging formats for Mac products:

• Zip archive

• Disk image

• Installer packages

If you’re creating a standalone app then I recommend that you use either a zip archive or a disk image. An installer package is overkill.

There are instructions for creating a zip archive and a disk image in my Signing a Mac Product For Distribution post.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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