So if you are shipping software for the Mac, you really need to sign it.Īpple fanboys will tell this is a sensible way for Apple to control software quality. This could have a big effect on your conversion rate on Mac. Apple being Apple, Gatekeeper defaults to only allowing users to run software they have downloaded off the Internet if it has been signed. This is the new Mac Gatekeeper system in action. Or they need to right/Ctrl click and see another scary warning. To run unsigned software they need to go into Mac OS X Preferences>Security & Privacy>General and change Allow applications downloaded from Mac App store and identified developers to Anywhere: If a prospective customer downloads your software onto Mac OS X 10.8 and it hasn’t been signed, they will see a scary warning:
