No more fiddling with contextual menus: this new version also adds a busy spinner, and opens older packages too.
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How to check whether any Installer package or app has valid certificates, using this new version of Taccy.
Validating signatures isn’t straightforward. GUI apps are limited, and command tools confusing and prone to user error.
Do you use third-party command tools? Are you using or planning to use Catalina? This explains how 10.15 changes first run checks on those tools, and their effect on all users.
Want to check whether an Installer package has been properly notarized? This new version of Taccy will do it for you.
When you can’t install what the App Store offers: solutions for downloading and installing older versions of macOS for use with Catalina.
When the Installer refuses to complete an installation package containing kernel extensions, here’s how to fix the whitelist so that installation works.
You’re running High Sierra, but SystHist reckons you installed Mojave, and have recently applied High Sierra security updates. Isn’t it wrong?
Practical tips for those intending to upgrade early, from checking compatibility, preparing workarounds, to making a copy of the installer.
An odd problem: you try running an old installer and it crashes. There’s nothing actually wrong with the installer, it’s just that the rules have changed.
The Eclectic Light Company 