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FIGURE 11.25
Here's the Developer Certificate Utility; as with all online Apple content, the location and design of this feature
may change at any time.
Understanding OS X provisioning
OS X provisioning has five components:
A CSR with a developer's public key.
One or more unique App IDs:
The reverse-domain format is recommended.
The standard Apple WWDR certificate:
This is the same as the certificate used for iOS development. If
you already have a copy, you don't need to install it again.
A Mac App Software Certificate:
This signs your application bundle.
A Mac Installer Package Certificate:
This is a separate signature file for the installer that wraps the
bundle into an installable product that can be sold through the App Store.
There's no support for wildcard/suite App IDs, so you must create a unique App ID and two certificates for
every project.
Provisioning in practice
The Developer Certificate Utility is shown in Figure 11.26. The first time you provision an OS X project, follow
these steps:
