macOS deprecation

[eppic]

When installing MakeMKV via Homebrew on macOS, you're currently getting warned that MakeMKV has been "deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check" and will be "disabled on 2026-09-01".



Are there any plans to fix this and have the code properly signed in time? This should be expected from a software that is technically not freeware.

[dcoke22]

I don't think MakeMKV has ever been signed by the developer for macOS. I don't expect it will be, but I'm just speculating.

It has never occurred to me to try to install MakeMKV via Homebrew.

You can install unsigned software on your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102445

[psycoperl]

Just wondering if MakeMKV is going to be impacted when Apple deprecates and basically removes Rosetta 2 in the next MacOS in September. Is the MacOS version a universal binary or written for the Apple Silicon?

[dcoke22]

When I look in Activity Monitor the 'kind' for the MakeMKV process shows as Apple, so it is running natively on Apple Silicon.

[psycoperl]

That's a relief.

Now I just wonder about what to use instead of MKVToolsNix as they won't be migrating to Apple Silicon.

[Konten]

That's a relief.

Now I just wonder about what to use instead of MKVToolsNix as they won't be migrating to Apple Silicon.

Eurgh!! I just found out about that too... Let us know if you find an alternative please...

[dcoke22]

Someone will surely provide binaries of the GUI version for Apple Silicon.

It looks like MacPorts is doing it now: https://ports.macports.org/port/mkvtoolnix/

I mostly use the command line version of the MKVToolNix tools. I install them via Homebrew and on my Apple Silicon Macs they run an up-to-date Apple Silicon native version of the tools.

[HrUtrolig]

It is Apple Silicon binary:

MakeMKV v1.18.4 [darwin(arm64-release)]
Latest available version:
1.18.3
Website URL:
http://www.makemkv.com/

[AndrewJ]

That's a relief.

Now I just wonder about what to use instead of MKVToolsNix as they won't be migrating to Apple Silicon.

That's a relief.

Now I just wonder about what to use instead of MKVToolsNix as they won't be migrating to Apple Silicon.

Eurgh!! I just found out about that too... Let us know if you find an alternative please...

Some good news on that front.

2026-05-24: macOS binaries: Thanks to the huge amount of work by two community members, corticalcode & touchstone64 (Graham Thompson), we will once again provide macOS binaries (DMGs) for releases 98 and newer. Both have improved the macOS build system significantly, implemented building ARM binaries in addition to Intel binaries (this includes a Universal DMG) and fixing bugs they come across while doing so. I'm very grateful for their work, and the MKVToolNix community as a whole is better off.

[billbillw]

And just to update, it is well past 9-1-2026 and my MakeMKV is still working fine on Tahoe.

[Keiyuu]

I've noticed the makemkv builds on Homebrew are disabled and it's not possible to install it. Are they not going to be maintained anymore?
https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/makemkv

I checked the details in the .json and it's been like this for almost two months with the reason that it fails the gatekeeper check.

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"disable_date":"2026-09-01"
"disable_reason":"fails_gatekeeper_check"

[gwhitcombe71]

I've noticed the makemkv builds on Homebrew are disabled and it's not possible to install it.

Keiyuu, I hit the same wall with the brew cask a while back, so I just grabbed the dmg straight from the MakeMKV site instead... bit of a faff the first time (had to right click > Open and then allow it in Privacy & Security), but its been running fine on my Mac since. Even after teh 1st of September it still opens and rips as normal, no nagging at all. Cant say what the Homebrew lot plan to do with the cask, but the manual install has been proper good for me