Notarizing, from altool to notarytool

[Ronald P. Regensburg]

On Howard Oakley's The Electric Light Company I read in his todays contribution about notarization:

Most recently, Apple has replaced altool with notarytool, and its current instructions are here. Note that altool will be going away later this year: if you still use it, now is the time to switch to notarytool.

I use "SD Notary" with altool for notarizing my BasiliskII and SheepShaver builds.

Does anyone know how to switch from altool to notarytool and continue using SD Notary?

[emendelson]

The developers of SD Notary have said that they will update the program to use notarytool. Meanwhile, I wrote a little AppleScript application that seems to work most of the time, and that uses notarytool. You will have to read the comments at the top of the AppleScript to see how to create a profile that identifies you to Apple. Make sure to read and follow all the instructions. Here's the AppleScript application:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5mj9yztbis9xq ... b.zip?dl=0

The name includes "Distrib" only to remind me that this is the copy that does NOT contain my own profile name. I notarized the AppleScript app with another copy of the same app.

You don't need this, because SD Notary will be updated, but it may be useful in order to see how notarytool works.

EDIT: As I said above, this seems to work most of the time. For reasons that I don't understand, Apple sometimes rejects an application that I try to notarize with the AppleScript, but the same application will be notarized by SD Notary. I can't see any pattern that explains this.

[Ronald P. Regensburg]

Thanks. I will study the script.
I have no acute need for notarizing with notarytool right now.
I could not find information about SD Notary and notarytool. That the developers of SD Notary intend to provide an update to the program is a reassurance.

[emendelson]

And I've posted a page with a link to my app and to some information about notarytool:

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/notarizeapp.html

And here is the post at the Latenight Software forum about updating SD Notary:

https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/will-sd ... ytool/3825

[emendelson]

And here is a better tool that does the job from the command line. I haven't tried the option to create a DMG:

https://github.com/EddieCameron/notarize-app

[Ronald P. Regensburg]

Good to have alternatives.
I am used to SD Notary and its interface. I trust that the update will come in time before altool will stop working.