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NotchPal 1.1.1 — fixes 1.1.0 not launching

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@simonveprek simonveprek released this 29 Jul 09:30
v1.1.1
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Fixes 1.1.0, which would not launch.

If you downloaded 1.1.0 and macOS quit it immediately — with no dialog, or a
crash reporter — that was a packaging fault, not your Mac. The app was killed
with Code Signature Invalid before it ever ran. Please delete 1.1.0 and use
this build.

What was wrong

The release archive was created with ditto --sequesterRsrc, which writes the
bundle's extended attributes into __MACOSX sidecar entries. Finder doesn't
restore them faithfully, so the code signature was valid on the machine that
built it and invalid on yours. Separately, macOS stamps com.apple.provenance
on binaries it has seen, which broke verification of the nested reporter binary.

Both are fixed. The build script now verifies the signature after signing,
refuses to ship an archive containing __MACOSX, then unpacks the finished
archive and verifies the signature again — because a signature that's valid
on disk says nothing about what you actually unzip.

No changes to the app itself. Everything from 1.1.0 is here, including
Open at Login.

Installing

  1. Download NotchPal-1.1.1.zip, unzip, move NotchPal.app to Applications.
  2. macOS will still warn that it can't verify the app — it isn't notarized,
    because that needs a paid Apple Developer ID this project doesn't have.
    Right-click → Open does not work on macOS 15+. Either: 
    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/NotchPal.app
    or open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, and
    click Open Anyway.
  3. Turn on hooks for Claude Code and/or Codex from the menu bar item.
  4. Optionally turn on Open at Login.

Codex needs one extra step. In the Codex app, open Settings and allow Hooks;
in the CLI, run /hooks and trust the NotchPal command. Once only.

Building from source avoids the warning entirely — nothing is quarantined
because nothing came from the internet:

git clone https://github.com/simonveprek/NotchPal.git
cd NotchPal
make install

Requirements

  • macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later · Universal (Apple Silicon and Intel)
  • Any Mac. Without a notch, the panel floats below the menu bar instead

NotchPal-1.1.1.zip — SHA-256
af2ab011a7c273e0214627e32a607f5f994484de17feebb3cff2d258b3646969

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