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Hurdles of macOS distribution

• Code signing
• Notarization
• Quarantine
• Distribution vehicles
• Notes

Code signing

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From 179f6f22addfcaa8582a9dd47bfbfc9d299b250a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: osy <osy@turing.llc>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 23:15:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] DO NOT MERGE: venus: hack to align mappings to 16KiB

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 src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c

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Installing LLVM on MacOS Mojave using Homebrew

This guide illustrates the steps required to install the latest version of LLVM on MacOS Mojave using Homebrew.

1) Install Homebrew In order to install Homebrew, simply open a terminal instance and paste the following command:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

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Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon in Practice

I bought M1 MacBook Air. It is the fastest computer I have, and I have been a GNOME/GNU/Linux user for long time. It is obvious conclusion that I need practical Linux desktop environment on Apple Silicon.

Fortunately, Linux already works on Apple Silicon/M1. But how practical is it?

• Two native ports exist.

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

# fix-xcode
# 	Rob Napier <robnapier@gmail.com>

# Script to link in all your old SDKs every time you upgrade Xcode
# Create a directory called ~/SDKs (or modify source_path).
# Under it, put all the platform directories:
# 	MacOSX.platform          iPhoneOS.platform        iPhoneSimulator.platform
# Under those, store the SDKs:

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

# Install_USB_Maker.sh
# Copyright (c) 2020 - 2023 Dayo Akanji
# - dakanji@users.sourceforge.net
# Portions Copyright (c) Jeff Geerling
# - https://github.com/geerlingguy/macos-virtualbox-vm/blob/master/LICENSE
#
# MIT License

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SDK_VERSION=$1
SDK_NAME="MacOSX${SDK_VERSION}.sdk"
TAR_FILE_NAME="${SDK_NAME}.tar.xz"
DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/phracker/MacOSX-SDKs/releases/download/MacOSX10.11.sdk/${TAR_FILE_NAME}"
TAR_FILE_DEST="/tmp/${TAR_FILE_NAME}"
SDK_MIN_VERSION_FILE="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Info.plist"
SDK_DIR="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/"

echo Downloading $SDK_NAME
curl -L $DOWNLOAD_URL -o $TAR_FILE_DEST --progress-bar

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Install Mac OS X 10.6 SDK on newer Xcode

Update: https://github.com/phracker/MacOSX-SDKs hosts the direct SDK folders already extracted.

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1. Go to https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action and download Xcode 4.3.3
2. After downloading mount the DMG file and navigate to Xcode.app
3. Open the application by clicking Show Package Content
4. Navigate to /Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs

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kextcache -v 1 -a i386 -a x86_64 -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

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## Find Available Target Editions
DISM.exe /Online /Get-TargetEditions

## Convert Server Standard 2019 Evaluation to Server Standard 2019
DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:N69G4-B89J2-4G8F4-WWYCC-J464C /AcceptEula

## How To Activate 
slmgr /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
slmgr /skms [server]:[port]
slmgr /ato