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@sudondream sudondream released this 15 Aug 08:54
· 3 commits to main since this release

Fixes the "Move to Applications" prompt, which was badly broken in v0.14-beta. If you opened that version straight from your Downloads folder and agreed to move it, the app closed, asked the same question again, and on the second try did not come back at all. Nothing was lost except the app itself — unpacking the download again brought it back — but it was a poor way to be greeted.

If you are on v0.14-beta and it is working, this update installs itself.

What was wrong

macOS runs a downloaded app from a hidden, read-only copy of itself rather than from the folder you can see. Version 0.14-beta tried to install the app from that hidden copy, which macOS deletes the moment the app closes — so by the time the installer ran, there was nothing left to install.

The second problem was quieter. When the app did manage to move itself, it carried its "downloaded from the internet" mark along, and macOS kept running it from that hidden copy even in the Applications folder. The app could not tell it had been installed, so it asked to move again on every launch.

It now finds where it genuinely lives before doing anything, and clears that mark once installed — the same thing that happens when you drag an app to Applications yourself.

Everything else is unchanged

Automatic updates worked correctly in v0.14-beta and are untouched here: the app checks for new versions on startup, and every download is still verified against its checksum, its code signature, the developer certificate, and Apple's notarization before anything is replaced.

Verifying your download

SHA256SUMS.txt is attached to this release. To check the file you downloaded:

shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS.txt