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Notarize

Notarization produces a ticket that tells Gatekeeper that your app is notarized. After notarization completes, when a user attempts to run your app on macOS 10.14 or later, Gatekeeper will find the ticket online.

Command

Notarization commands begin with:

smctl-mac-x64 notarization notarize

Nota

The inputs differ based on the type of Apple credentials and notarize tool you are using.

Flags

Describe scan commands support these flags:

tabla 1. Flags for describing a keypair

Shortcut

Flag

Description

--input string

Path to file.

 

Allowed file formats:

  • .pkg

  • .dmg

  • .zip

    Compress .app binaries into a .zip

--profile-name string

Provide a profile name for your credentials in Keychain.

--tool string

Provide the notarization tool name that should be used to save your credentials to Keychain.

 

Allowed tools:

  • notarytool

  • altool

-v

--verbose

Enable verbose logging for saving credentials.

-h

--help

Help for describing a scan.


Examples

The notarize commands depend on the type of Apple credentials and notarize tool you are using.

Troubleshooting

For help with the describe scan command, use:

smctl-mac-x64 notarization notarize --help

Alternatively, use the abbreviated version of the command:

smctl-mac-x64 notarization notarize -h