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Running the Installer on MacOS

If you already have the installer running, continue in Installing TidaLuna.

Download the Installer

  1. Go to the TidaLuna Installer Releases page.
  2. Choose one of these macOS builds:
    • App bundle (recommended):
      • Intel: installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X.app.zip
      • Apple Silicon: installer-macOS-aarch64-vX.X.X.app.zip
    • Raw binary:
      • installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X or installer-macOS-aarch64-vX.X.X
  1. Extract the .app.zip file.
  2. Double-click the extracted .app.
  3. Continue with Installing TidaLuna.

Run the raw binary

  1. Open Terminal in the folder where the binary was downloaded.

  2. Run the following commands (replace with your actual file name):

    bash
    xattr -d com.apple.quarantine installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X
    bash
    codesign -s - -f --deep installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X
    bash
    chmod +x installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X

    WARNING

    If you skip this step, you will get an error when trying to run the installer: zsh: killed installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X

  3. Allow Terminal to modify apps:

    1. Open Settings on macOS.
    2. Go to Privacy & Security -> App Management.
    3. Enable Terminal. macOS App Management permissions
  4. Run the installer:

    bash
    ./installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X
  5. Continue with Installing TidaLuna.

Optional: Run in CLI mode

bash
./installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X --headless --list-versions
./installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X --headless --install
./installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X --headless --uninstall

Use --path "/Applications/TIDAL.app/Contents/Resources" to target a custom installation path.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter permission errors, confirm Terminal has App Management permission and that the binary has executable permission. If you run into issues with the installer, you can try running it with sudo:

bash
sudo ./installer-macOS-x86_64-vX.X.X