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Transfer Sparkle Updater private key signature EdDSA (ed25519) to new computer


I have an XCode 12.4 Swift project that I have been distributing since 2 years. I'm using the Sparkle-Project updating mechanism. macOS 10.15.7 I want to slowly migrate to a new Mac, XCode 13.4, macOS 12.6.5.

I'm having problems transferring my Sparkle private key signature EdDSA (ed25519). I can't export the key from Keychain, the option is greyed out. This user had similar issues: Sparkle Integration with security in mac app cocoa

I think that using a new key signature with Sparkle's generate_keys tool will render my XCode project unusable until I have it up and running on the new machine.

Is there a way to export or transfer the key?

Sparkle documentation mentions key rotation but I don't understand what that means.


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