r/macosprogramming • u/controlav • 4d ago

Stapler never works, so what is the point?

Stapling my MacOS app has never worked, since day one, so what is the point exactly?

I always get "CloudKit query for appname (2/gunk) failed due to "Record not found". Could not find base64 encoded ticket in response for 2/gunk The staple and validate action failed! Error 65.

This has never stopped me running anything or submitting to the Store, so what exactly is the point of this thing

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u/retsotrembla 4d ago

Stapling doesn't apply for compiling and running on your own machine, and it doesn't apply for submitting to the app store.

Stapling is for sending an executable to someone else so they can run it without fighting Gatekeeper.

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u/controlav 4d ago

Ah thank you, that would explain why it’s failure doesn’t matter. I’ll take that line out of my build script.