Gotta have a shared mailbox for these things that a whack of leaders are attached to - we see it happen a lot in our industry space too, gets kind of wild when someone forgets to renew an SSL or a domain name.
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Logitech Blames 'Inexcusable Mistake' After Certificate Expiry Breaks macOS Apps
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I'm not surprised, but having being there, all the times these small things are due to general sloppiness. And most of times there are people who care and try to do things properly but their efforts are brushed aside until they give up and blend in.
I was wondering about the same thing. At first I thought that maybe they had accidentally revoked their expired certificate. But then I read their FAQ, which states that "[t]he certificate that expired is used to secure inter-process communications". Now I'm thinking it probably wasn't the developer ID certificate, i.e., MacRumors may have misunderstood.
Yeah, I've used it for well over a decade as well. I use it primarily to program mouse button functionality per individual applications. Browser back and forward pages, Finder back and forward directories, Word Processor copy and paste, etc.
I was going nuts last right reinstalling, deleting files and changing permissions. This was before the updated installer was made available. Do better Logitech.
That's why Apple's insistence that developers have a $99/year dev certificate is so horrible for the industry.
Exactly, why in god's name does a mouse need a certificate just to operate with some customization's! Make an option to not have to use the certificate period...
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I use Steermouse in place of the Logi software and it works just fine with my MX Master 4. It does not support the haptics stuff, but all the buttons work.
Same here. I’ve never used Logitech’s software for customizing these mice so I’m unaffected. This does raise a slight concern though. If the developer of SM discontinues support and their certificate lapsed (say, they retire or pass away), then I assume this same problem would occur.
I work somewhere far far bigger than Logitech. While in theory this shouldn't happen it absolutely does. It's pretty horrifying to see how many things like this are just...forgotten about.
That's a very real possibility, and it has already happened. Even Apple's old OSes have outdated signatures (some, but not all, have been re-signed).
I believe you're supposed to be able to use expired software that's already been installed. I have plenty of expired apps which work file, but then again I do have the security settings turned way down.
You can re-sign them yourself, but it's only a matter of time before Apple cracks down on that, as they move macOS to be more similar to iOS, which has zero way of running software not "blessed" by Apple.
Got bitten by this personally at work for licensing. Talk about grinding your business to a halt. We have multiple roles (not people) to ensure it never happens again how.
This is the only response they any company should be giving. I don’t expect perfection but I do expect ownership and an apology. It shows they learned a valuable lesson and it, probably won’t happen again.
What Logi backup? Time Machine? Are the settings in a Prefs file or Application Support?
I noticed the problem yesterday and tried to reinstall the software but I think I failed and then had other things to do. So not sure if my settings are saved?
Correct! 10 years ago the forgot to renew their domain name:
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I uninstalled Options+ a long time ago. It was laggy and I hated the nags for using it's AI. Like, seriously! Why do I need to use generative AI though a mouse options app?!