Comment on Distributing Mac apps outside the App Store, a quick start guide (2021)
Thank you for clarifying!
In every test, I copied the app to /Applications before starting it.
For reproducibility, here are the exact steps I took, with .zip[^1] and .dmg[^2] respectively on a test machine:
1. Download the archive from github
2. Extract/mount the archive
3. Drag the app to /Applications
4. Open the app
5. Configure a specific file-path for indexing
And here's the difference I observed:
- Zip: Silent failing, no indexing of files, no exceptions, no errors, "app doesn't work"
- Dmg: Files are indexed as intended, "app works"
Is this what you would have expected as well?
[1]: Streamline.zip from https://github.com/akaalias/getstreamline/releases/tag/v3.5....
[2]: Streamline.dmg from https://github.com/akaalias/getstreamline/releases/tag/v3.5....