{"id":25834,"date":"2019-07-03T16:24:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=25834"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:57:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T20:57:34","slug":"altool-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/03\/altool-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"altool 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rosyna\/status\/1146464491288219653\">Rosyna Keller<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rosyna\/status\/1146464491288219653\">\n<p>Xcode 11.0b3 includes a major update to <code>altool<\/code> (used for notarization), <code>altool<\/code> 4.0, with some awesome new features.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>First, <code>altool<\/code> actually has a man page now (<code>man altool<\/code>) accessible after new Xcode 11b3 is installed.<\/p>\n<p>altool supports a new <code>--verbose<\/code> argument that&rsquo;s my type of verbose (it&rsquo;s overly verbose to the MAX!) that&rsquo;s useful in debugging issues, filing radars, and watching progress.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Another new argument (as seen in the previous screenshot) is the <code>--transport<\/code> argument that allows you to specify the upload method order <code>altool<\/code>\/Transporter tries.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The <code>DAV<\/code> (WebDAV) method is <em>extremely<\/em> slow but explicitly specifying it will prevent <code>altool<\/code> from attempting the other transport methods doomed to fail if UDP is blocked.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><code>altool<\/code> 4.0 now supports concurrent uploads from the same host. You no longer have to wait for a submission to return a RequestUUID before starting another submission in a new Terminal window.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of third-party developers were having issues creating a keychain item for use with <code>-p \"@keychain:&lt;Keychain Item&gt;\"<\/code> so <code>altool<\/code> 4.0 has a new convenience command, <code>--store-password-in-keychain-item &lt;New Item Name&gt;<\/code>, that will create it in the iCloud Keychain for you!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>These sound like great improvements.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/notarizing-command-line-tools-for-macos-10-15\/\">Notarizing Command-Line Tools for macOS 10.15<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/06\/security-privacy-in-macos-10-15-beta\/\">Security &amp; Privacy in macOS 10.15 Beta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/08\/macos-10-14-5-requires-new-developers-to-notarize\/\">macOS 10.14.5 Requires New Developers to Notarize<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosyna Keller: Xcode 11.0b3 includes a major update to altool (used for notarization), altool 4.0, with some awesome new features. 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