Skim PDF Viewer on Apple Silicon

skim_arm64.md

I use Skim with LaTeX as it refreshes PDFs automatically. However, the current version (1.5.13) doesn't support the Apple ARM64 architecture, yet. This tutorial guides through the local compilation of Skim on your favorite Apple Silicon devices.

Prerequisites

Xcode 12.* (I am using 12.3).

Steps

1. Check out the Skim repository:

svn checkout https://svn.code.sf.net/p/skim-app/code/trunk skim-app-code

2. Use Xcode to open the Skim project file Skim.xcodeproj.

3. Under Product -> Scheme, select Skim.

4. Select Product -> Build For -> Profiling.

5. You will find Skim.app under the path similar to

/Users/myname/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Skim-bpcqskjevtmwumdgzvqssmmzgtuu/Build/Products/Release

Thanks to Christiaan Hofman.

I don't have any errors building the Application in Xcode.
But I'm having a warning saying: you need a certificate named "Skim Signing Certificate"

Even after adding Sparkle to the folder and rebuilding it doesn't generate the Skim.app application in the folder.

How can I fix this?

@kr0bi Did you select Skim as the build scheme?

@Harry1993 Yes I did, I even noticed that Xcode says Product -> Scheme and not Project as you said in the guide.

Xcode 12.3

@kr0bi Thanks. Please see the updated gist.