In this video, I walk through the complete pipeline for installing the unofficial Apple Silicon build of Gaffer 3D on macOS. We cover everything from the security quarantine override to building a custom native app launcher.
⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This is an unofficial build. Use at your own risk.
⬇️ LINKS & RESOURCES
Gaffer GitHub (Unofficial Build): https://github.com/noizfactory/gaffer-macos-builds/releases/tag/xcode15
Official Gaffer Site: https://gafferhq.org/
🍎 GET THE APP LAUNCHER SCRIPT: [PASTE YOUR BLOG POST LINK HERE] (YouTube does not allow the specific characters used in the AppleScript code, so I have posted it on my website for easy copy-pasting).
💻 TERMINAL COMMANDS
Here are the commands used in the video for the setup.
🔹 STEP 02: SECURITY OVERRIDE Run this to remove the “damaged app” warning:
sudo xattr -cr /Applications/gaffer-xcode15-macos-arm64
(Note: Replace the path above if you renamed your folder).
🔹 STEP 04: ENVIRONMENT SETUP
Open your configuration file:
nano ~/.zshrc
Paste these lines at the bottom:
export GAFFER_ROOT=”/Applications/gaffer-xcode15-macos-arm64″ alias gaffer=”$GAFFER_ROOT/bin/gaffer”
Save and Exit: Press Ctrl+O, Enter, then Ctrl+X.
Refresh your profile:
source ~/.zshrc
CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Intro (Downloading Gaffer)
01:39 – Part 01 | Installing to Applications
02:04 – Part 02 | Security Override
03:49 – Part 03 | Direct Launch Methods
06:23 – Part 04 | Environment Setup
10:01 – Part 05 | App Launcher Build
12:44 – Part 06 | Custom Icon Integration
Note: EC3D is the original author of this video, we just embed it, if you have any questions please contact him via Youtube.
