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PubCraft 1.0.0-alpha.3 — Universal Mac app

One convenient PubCraft.app, native on Intel and Apple Silicon. No Rosetta required.

This pre-release adds Universal 2 macOS distribution and durable release safeguards. It includes all writing, import, project-safety and EPUB improvements from alpha.2: Scrivener import, chapter cards/synopses/status, command palette, safer saves/imports, valid XML/UTF-8 output, nested images/lists and stable publication identifiers.

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macOS — Intel + Apple Silicon, macOS 13 Ventura or newer

Other platforms

Quit the old app before replacing it and keep a manuscript backup. Existing projects do not need a chapter-ID migration. Historical tags/releases are left unchanged, so the previous Intel-only build remains identifiable as alpha.2.

What's changed

Native Apple Silicon, without sacrificing Intel

  • All four app components contain both arm64 and x86_64: the native launcher, C CLI, Go GUI and WebKit PDF helper. The portable Mac executables are Universal too.
  • A small native AppKit launcher replaces the prebuilt system AppleScript applet. It preserves ordinary launch and opening a dragged project/manuscript, passes paths as task arguments rather than shell text, and is compiled for the same minimum OS as the rest of the app.
  • This avoids a hidden compatibility trap: an ARM slice in a system applet can require a newer macOS even when the app's Info.plist declares 13.0.
  • App copies are staged with public-readable/executable permissions before DMG/PKG/ZIP creation, rather than inheriting owner-only modes from a development volume.
  • The .app.zip provides the app directly; DMG, PKG and portable archive remain available.

Safeguards for every future release

  • AGENTS.md and release playbook record the public/test boundary, Universal requirement, versioning, signing order, validation and publication gates.
  • make app / make pkg-macos always rebuild both CPU architectures. A native development make all is explicitly not a Mac release build.
  • Automated checks reject missing/incorrect architecture slices in any app executable or portable Mac binary, invalid signatures, an unexpectedly raised minimum OS, inconsistent executable bytes between formats, inaccessible distributed permissions and stale source provenance.
  • One Universal artifact set is built and then downloaded by two native jobs, Intel and Apple Silicon. They test the exact same bytes, including real app launch, GUI runtime architecture, CLI EPUB/archive operations and native PDF-helper execution. Cross-compilation is not reported as native testing.
  • VERSION, BUILD_NUMBER and live C/Go/installer/localized UI markers are checked for consistency. The release Go toolchain is pinned; the numeric build number is checked against prior release history when available.
  • Historical release notes, tags and assets are not overwritten. Windows/Linux builds retain their native package checks and are rebuilt for the new release version.

Validation and limits

See the alpha.3 validation record and attached machine-readable validation manifest for actual checks and workflow evidence.

  • Still alpha software: use copies/backups and inspect imports and final exports.
  • Universal does not mean notarized. The app is ad-hoc signed, not Developer ID signed/notarized. PKG and Windows installer are not publisher-signed; OS security warnings may appear.
  • Minimum macOS is 13.0. Native tests run on the named CI OS versions, not every older OS/device model. Universal code removes the Rosetta requirement, not all possible OS/renderer differences.
  • The WebKit helper's test is a continuous PDF snapshot, not certification of multi-page print pagination. Distributor-specific EPUB/PDF approval still requires the distributor's previewer.
  • Linux ARM packages are not added by this update.

Report problems with a minimal synthetic project at GitHub Issues. Review diagnostic reports before sharing; never attach private manuscripts or copyrighted covers.

Italiano

Ora c'è una sola PubCraft.app nativa sia per Mac Intel sia per Apple Silicon, senza Rosetta. Richiede macOS 13 Ventura o successivo.

  • Scarica il ZIP dell'app, estrailo e sposta PubCraft.app in Applicazioni; oppure apri il DMG e trascina l'app come prima.
  • Launcher, compilatore C, interfaccia Go e helper PDF contengono entrambi i tipi di processore: non è soltanto l'icona/launcher a essere universale.
  • Il launcher nativo mantiene avvio e apertura dei file trascinati, evitando che un applet di sistema imponga di nascosto un macOS più recente sulla parte ARM.
  • AGENTS.md, guida di rilascio e controlli automatici spiegano ai futuri agenti come lavorare nel repository pulito, costruire l'app universale, verificare le architetture, firmare dopo l'assemblaggio e pubblicare soltanto artefatti verificati dello stesso commit.
  • I medesimi pacchetti vengono controllati su Mac Intel e Apple Silicon; sono controllati anche permessi, versioni e coerenza fra DMG, PKG, ZIP e archivio portatile.
  • Sono incluse tutte le aggiunte/correzioni della seconda alfa; i pacchetti Windows/Linux sono ricostruiti con la nuova versione. Le release precedenti rimangono intatte.

Resta una versione alfa non notarizzata: conserva backup e verifica i tuoi file prima della pubblicazione. La compatibilità nativa Apple Silicon non equivale a certificazione Apple o KDP.

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