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@rick-ray-wldd rick-ray-wldd released this 02 Nov 12:37
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SofaPad 4.5.1

Use your iPhone as the Mac's keyboard and trackpad — from the sofa, or with Vision Pro and Mac Virtual Display. The
phone opens a page served by a small menu-bar app on the Mac; nothing goes through a cloud.

What's new

  • Signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. This is the first SofaPad with a Developer ID
    signature that Apple's notary service has checked. A downloaded copy opens with a double-click: macOS asks once
    whether to open an app from the internet, and you click Open. No more System Settings > Privacy & Security >
    Open Anyway.
  • The Accessibility permission: once more, then it stays. macOS now knows SofaPad by its developer instead of by
    the code of each version. After this update, give the permission one last time (see below); later updates keep it.

Nothing else changed: SofaPad works as in 4.5.0, and it updates itself the same way, with the same EdDSA key.

Download and install

SofaPad-4.5.1-macOS.zip — macOS 13 or later, Apple silicon (arm64) only. On an Intel Mac, build it yourself.
Check it with shasum -a 256 -c SofaPad-4.5.1-macOS.zip.sha256.

New install: unzip it, drag SofaPad.app into Applications and double-click it. macOS asks whether you want to
open an app downloaded from the internet: click Open. Then turn on the Accessibility permission. Full steps, in
English and Chinese: docs/INSTALL.md.

From 4.5.0: SofaPad offers 4.5.1 by itself (or ⌨︎🖱 → 檢查更新…, Check for Updates): Install Update, then
Install and Relaunch. Then give the Accessibility permission one last time: System Settings > Privacy & Security >
Accessibility, select SofaPad, click −, then click + and add /Applications/SofaPad.app. The phone says when
the permission is missing.

From 4.4 or earlier: quit SofaPad, put this one in its place in Applications, open it, and give it the
Accessibility permission again the same way.

Known limits

  • An app you build yourself (./tools/build-app.sh) is still signed ad-hoc for your Mac: it isn't blocked, but it
    needs the Accessibility permission again after each rebuild. Only the release zip has the Developer ID signature.
  • Plain http on the local network, no encryption: use it at home or on a network you trust.
  • The automated tests run in a simulated phone page (headless Chrome, iPhone sizes) against the Mac app in dry-run
    mode. The app and the phone page are the same as in 4.5.0; only the signature is new.

SofaPad 4.5.1（繁體中文）

把 iPhone 當成 Mac 的鍵盤和觸控板：在沙發上用，或戴 Vision Pro 用 Mac 虛擬顯示器時用。手機打開 Mac 選單列小程式提供的網頁，不經過任何雲端。

這一版

  • 第一次用 Apple Developer ID 簽章，並經過 Apple 公證。 下載後雙擊就能打開：macOS 只會問一次要不要打開從網路下載的 App，按「打開」就好。不用再到「系統設定 → 隱私權與安全性」按「強制打開」。
  • 「輔助使用」權限：最後再開一次，之後就不會再跑掉。 macOS 現在是用開發者認 SofaPad，不再用每個版本的程式碼。這次更新後要再開一次權限（做法在下面），之後的更新都會保留。

其他都沒有變：用起來和 4.5.0 一樣，自己更新的方式和 EdDSA 金鑰也一樣。

下載和安裝

SofaPad-4.5.1-macOS.zip：macOS 13 以上，只支援 Apple 晶片（arm64）；Intel Mac 請自己 build。可以用 shasum -a 256 -c SofaPad-4.5.1-macOS.zip.sha256 核對。

第一次安裝：解壓縮，把 SofaPad.app 拖到「應用程式」，再雙擊打開。macOS 問要不要打開從網路下載的 App 時，按「打開」。接著打開「輔助使用」權限。完整步驟（中英）：docs/INSTALL.md。

從 4.5.0 更新：SofaPad 會自己提示 4.5.1（或點 ⌨︎🖱 →「檢查更新…」），按「安裝更新項目」，再按「安裝並重新啟動」。之後最後一次重新開「輔助使用」權限：系統設定 → 隱私權與安全性 → 輔助使用，選 SofaPad 按「－」移除，再按「＋」加入 /應用程式/SofaPad.app。權限沒開時，手機會告訴你。

從 4.4 或更早的版本：結束 SofaPad，把這一版放到「應用程式」取代舊的，打開它，再用同樣的方法開「輔助使用」權限。

已知限制

  • 自己 build 的 App（./tools/build-app.sh）還是只有這台 Mac 的臨時簽章（ad-hoc）：不會被擋，但每次重新 build 後，「輔助使用」權限都要再開一次。只有發布的 zip 有 Developer ID 簽章。
  • 區網內是一般的 http，沒有加密：請在家裡或信任的網路使用。
  • 自動測試是在模擬的手機頁面（headless Chrome，iPhone 尺寸）對 dry-run 的 Mac App 跑的。App 和手機網頁都和 4.5.0 一樣，只有簽章是新的。
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