The 'openfolder' is not supported on Apple Silicon devices on macOS Ventura 13.0.1

[linhongyi]

I'm using the latest version (0.6.4) of node-appdmg.

I found out that this problem has been solved on other osx versions. But I am on macOS Ventura 13.0.1,
and I still encounter the same problem.

The log is as follows.

Error: Command failed: bless --folder /Volumes/xxxx --openfolder /Volumes/xxxx
bless: The 'openfolder' is not supported on Apple Silicon devices.

Any solution thanks.

[sadihakan]

Same here:

(node:17717) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Command failed: bless --folder /Volumes/... 1 --openfolder /Volumes/... 1
bless: The 'openfolder' is not supported on Apple Silicon devices.

[Christilut]

Same problem here. My terminal is in i386 but it still reports this error so it's unable to complete a build

[pzhlkj6612]

Hi, please have a look at #216 .

[sadihakan]

Unfortunately it didn't help #216.

[Chentai-Kao]

I ran into this problem since updated to macOS Ventura 13.0.1 yesterday.
As a hacky workaround, I commented out the following line in node_modules/appdmg/lib/appdmg.js:

args.push('--openfolder', global.temporaryMountPath)

This is of course merely a hacky workaround and by no means a proper solution, but it may be helpful.

[ngudbhav]

@Chentai-Kao, This worked like a charm. Thanks a lot 🎉 . What could be the implications of building a dmg this way?

[LinusU]

I think that the problem is that you are running appdmg under Rosetta, can you check if this is the case and try running appdmg using an arm-native version of Node instead?

[SReject]

Would including a check for rosetta be applicable?

Snip: Moved code to PR

Ref Links:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/about-the-rosetta-translation-environment#3616845
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65346260/get-real-architecture-of-m1-mac-regardless-of-rosetta

[mncharlton]

We hit this problem as well, any chance PR #223 could be looked at and merged if it fixes the issues?

[SReject]

For those encountering this issue while waiting for @LinusU to merge the pending PR fix, you can use a package.json override pointed to the PR fork:

{
  // rest of package.json
  "overrides": {
    "appdmg": "github:SReject/node-appdmg#872599493f64dbd192fd69adea33633a563e3a5d"
  }
}

Its fully compatible with the appdmg v0.6.6

[jjeff]

I've found that this error emerges when node's architecture doesn't match the machine's – usually, this means you're running x64 node on an arm64 (M1, M2) Mac.

Here's how to find out what architecture is being used for node:

node -p "process.arch"

If that says x64, you may want to reinstall node.. and probably run npm rebuild to update any native modules. That fixed the problem for me.

[zepang]

These below may help:

1. check the version of node, it is recommended to use the version 16 or 16 or above
2. if node -p process.arch outputs x64, we suggest reinstalling node or changing to a newer version, my current version is 16.14.2, which is ok.