FlowClone 0.3.3

FlowClone is a Tauri v2 desktop app for SSD migration on macOS — Image Migration (read a source SSD into a .flowimg) and Restore Image (write a .flowimg back onto a target SSD).

A small follow-up to 0.3.2: a production UX fix plus documentation.

Download (macOS, Apple Silicon)

FlowClone_0.3.3_aarch64.dmg below — Apple Silicon (arm64) only. The app is unsigned (no Apple Developer ID / notarization), so macOS Gatekeeper blocks it on first launch. To install:

1. Open the .dmg and drag FlowClone to Applications.
2. Remove the download quarantine flag — one line in Terminal:

   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/FlowClone.app
   

   Without this, a browser-downloaded unsigned app shows "FlowClone.app is damaged and can't be opened" on Apple Silicon. It is not damaged — that's just Gatekeeper refusing an unsigned, quarantined app.
3. Open FlowClone (right-click → Open the first time if prompted).
4. Grant Full Disk Access: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access → enable FlowClone, then quit and reopen. Required to read/write raw disks and to read images from protected folders (Downloads, Desktop, Documents).

Intel Macs: build from source (pnpm install && pnpm sidecar && pnpm tauri build).

Fixed

• The "Disk Access Required" screen no longer exposes developer details in a
  packaged app. Production previously showed the raw error chain (os error 1,
  /dev/rdiskN…) and a copy-able sudo ./target/debug/flowclone … command meant
  only for development. Production builds now show plain guidance — grant Full
  Disk Access to FlowClone, then quit and reopen — with Open Full Disk Access
  and Check Again buttons. The developer workaround still appears in
  tauri dev.

Documentation

• README shows a version badge that tracks the latest release.
• User guide: added "Restoring onto a brand-new or larger SSD" — the macOS
  "disk not readable" → Ignore prompt, the target size requirement, expanding
  the partition after restoring onto a bigger disk, and slight byte differences
  between same-nominal-size drives.

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Full changelog: https://github.com/Dhanabhon/flow-clone/blob/v0.3.3/CHANGELOG.md