WhatsKept

v1.2.1 Maintenance

This release keeps dependencies and maintenance posture current for teams operating this tool.

Published 8d Forensics & Incident Response

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Installer script removes quarantine attribute for ad‑hoc signed apps on macOS Sequoia.

Changes in this release

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Feature	Low	Adds macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon) installer script for GUI and CLI packages. Adds macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon) installer script for GUI and CLI packages. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Provides installer script to handle ad-hoc signed app quarantine on macOS Sequoia. Provides installer script to handle ad-hoc signed app quarantine on macOS Sequoia. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-26-audit Confidence: low	—
Refactor	Low	Updates documentation to explain installer usage and handling of quarantine attribute. Updates documentation to explain installer usage and handling of quarantine attribute. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-26-audit Confidence: low	—

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macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon).

Pick one:

WhatsKept-darwin-arm64-*.app.zip — GUI. Unzip and double-click Install WhatsKept.command inside the unzipped folder. It strips the com.apple.quarantine attribute that triggers the "WhatsKept is damaged" dialog, copies the app to /Applications, clears any stale Full Disk Access grant, and launches it.
whatskept-darwin-arm64-*.zip — bare CLI for whatskept extract / scripts.

Why an installer script? WhatsKept is open-source and ad-hoc signed (no Apple Developer account). On Sequoia, macOS refuses to open ad-hoc-signed apps that carry a quarantine xattr, with no right-click bypass. The installer is a one-double-click workaround. The first time you run the .command file itself macOS may ask "are you sure" — right-click the file → Open to confirm.

Re-run the installer after every update.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/alkait/WhatsKept/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.1

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