Add documentation explaining how to download signing cert/key and enable a provisioning profile with Xcode
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(Core :: Widget: Cocoa, enhancement, P3)
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(Reporter: haik, Unassigned)
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This bug is filed to cover adding an additional documentation page for setting up a development cert and provisioning profile for developers that need to test signed local builds with restricted entitlements enabled. The instructions should walk through and provide screenshots for creating an Xcode app to trigger the cert, private key, and provisioning profile to be downloaded and installed.
When a developer needs to locally test a build that is signed like production builds and capable of using restricted entitlements, they must install a development cert and provisioning profile. See the Signing Your Build Like Production section on the Signing Local macOS Builds documentation page. (The non-permalink rendered docs are here.)
The step that needs instructions is the Xcode use referred to in the docs:
Once the developer’s Apple account is setup as a member of Mozilla’s Apple account, Xcode can be used to download a Developer signing certificate and provisioning profile for development use. Use Keychain Access to get the codesigning identifier for your development cert...
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