The direct download version of RB App Checker Lite 1.1 (281) is out, and RB App Quarantine also has been updated to build# 281 (its version is still 1.1 since nothing has changed for the user). Check out the release notes!

Most important: this version of RB App Checker Lite considers the new signing rules in TN2206 for OS X 10.9.5 and 10.10. In particular, for applications, code signatures are now checked recursively, both version 1 and version 2 resource rules are shown if present, and the spctl utility is called to check the Gatekeeper assessment.

However, this signals a new development: direct download and Mac App Store versions of RB Utilities will now, unfortunately, have different functionality. In particular, the MAS version of RB App Checker Lite (which is currently in review) will not be allowed to call  spctl, as this utility requires special entitlements to work; and the MAS version of RB App Quarantine (also in review), for the same reason, will not clear the quarantine flag. So for now you may want to download directly from the product pages.

Apple’s rules for calling attention to such differences are a little tricky to navigate but hopefully the MAS versions will be approved and in a future release I’ll develop a way to bring this functionality back through an optional download. Research is underway!