Can you update a sandboxed Mac app using Sparkle or something similar?

Question

For those distributing Mac apps outside the Mac App Store, how are you planning to support updating and sandboxing? I\'m guessing most people\'s answers for the time being i

Answer 1

In a conversation started by @chockenberry on twitter, @andy_matuschak responded favorably to creating an XPC service for Sparkle.

I have a pull request open on GitHub that actually creates the XPC service. Hopefully, this will get incorporated into Sparkle soon.

Answer 2

Not yet.

As of 1.15 Sparkle does not support sandboxing, and the patch that is floating around has a vulnerability that allows complete bypass of sandbox security.

Answer 3

We actually have two versions of our app: one for our own web site and one for the app store.

I recommend using Sam Deane's approach which you can find in his GitHub repository. It works well for us.