Hi guys,

i recently bought a second hand macbook to get the hang of it a bit more.
Now i downloaded some plugins and a lot of them need to be codesigned. Now here is where im stuck, i have no clue what codesigning is and how to do it.
Is there any tutorial or someine who can help me out with the basics of codesigning?
Thanks in advance!

 

Save these to a txt file:

ALL THESE COMMANDS IN TERMINAL -- enter password when asked

1.For a single file:

function hex() {
echo ''$1'' | perl -0777pe 's|([0-9a-zA-Z]{2}+(?![^\(]*\)))|\\x${1}|gs'
}

function prep() {
sudo xattr -cr "$1"
sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine "$1"
sudo codesign --force --sign - "$1"
}

prep "[DragtheFileHere]"

2.For multiple vsts or files - Put them in a temp folder for codesigning. After Codesigning return them to there original places, delete duplicates.

cd [drag the folder]

for file in *.vst3; do
sudo xattr -cr "$file"
done

for file in *.vst3; do
sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine "$file"
done

for file in *.vst3; do
sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - "$file"
done

for file in *.component; do
sudo xattr -cr "$file"
done

for file in *.component; do
sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine "$file"
done

for file in *.component; do
sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - "$file"
done

3.These are the Individual Processes:

sudo xattr -cr [DragFileHere]
sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine [DragFileHere]
sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - [DragFileHere]

 

What MacOS version is the Macbook? Search for Codesigner on Sister Site and it is a small app that makes things less tedious, and will eliminate possibility of typographical errors in Terminal. The one on Sister Site should work up until Big Sur or so. After that you need newer version.


This will do every plugin on the machine in the listed formats. Just give it a few minutes to run in Terminal.


cd /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/

find . -name "*.bundle" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;
find . -name "*.VST" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;
find . -name "*.vst3" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;
find . -name "*.component" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;
find . -name "*.dpm" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;
find . -name "*.bundle" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;
find . -name "*.VST" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;
find . -name "*.vst3" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;
find . -name "*.component" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;
find . -name "*.dpm" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;