Aerial: Aerial Companion corrupt file on updates
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Description of issue / Feature request
Using Aerial Companion (1.0.1) every single time I try to update the screensaver I get an error that says the file is corrupted. I’m having to manually update the file myself still rendering the companion app moot for me. Any guidance?

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- State: open
- Created 4 years ago
- Comments: 20 (1 by maintainers)
Gone ahead and implemented this into the FAQ so that others can learn more about the issue. https://aerialscreensaver.github.io/faq.html#InstallionErrors
I have to agree, you probably win the weird issue of the year right here and now, one of the wildest thing I’ve seen !
I’d be curious if the weather overlay works or not (you can also just try the test thing in the overlays ui) considering it’s that library that’s missing stuff. Weirdly enough macOS codesigning didn’t care at all, but I guess they don’t sign symbolic links. I guess if it does work, maybe I could add an option to remove the sha check for corporate environments with a big large warning or something.