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Mission Control Turbo: macOS multitasking turbocharged
1#!/bin/bash
2set -euo pipefail
3
4# Load .env if present (for CERT_NAME etc.)
5ENV_FILE="$(dirname "$0")/.env"
6if [ -f "$ENV_FILE" ]; then
7 set -a
8 source "$ENV_FILE"
9 set +a
10fi
11
12CERT_NAME="${CERT_NAME:-}"
13
14APP_DIR="$(dirname "$0")/build/MCT.app"
15SDK=$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)
16
17echo "Building MCT..."
18
19# Kill running instance if any
20pkill -x MCT 2>/dev/null || true
21sleep 0.3
22
23# Create bundle structure
24mkdir -p "$APP_DIR/Contents/MacOS" "$APP_DIR/Contents/Resources"
25
26# Compile
27swiftc \
28 -emit-executable \
29 -o "$APP_DIR/Contents/MacOS/MCT" \
30 -sdk "$SDK" \
31 -target arm64-apple-macosx14.0 \
32 -swift-version 5 \
33 -O \
34 -Xlinker -framework -Xlinker ScreenCaptureKit \
35 MCT/Model/WindowInfo.swift \
36 MCT/Model/WindowGroup.swift \
37 MCT/Model/WindowSnapshot.swift \
38 MCT/Model/LayoutState.swift \
39 MCT/Model/GestureProgress.swift \
40 MCT/API/WindowEnumerator.swift \
41 MCT/API/ThumbnailCapture.swift \
42 MCT/API/AccessibilityBridge.swift \
43 MCT/API/HotKeyManager.swift \
44 MCT/API/GestureMonitor.swift \
45 MCT/Layout/LayoutGeometry.swift \
46 MCT/Layout/LayoutEngine.swift \
47 MCT/UI/SpringAnimator.swift \
48 MCT/UI/OverlayWindowController.swift \
49 MCT/UI/OverlayView.swift \
50 MCT/UI/WindowThumbnailView.swift \
51 MCT/UI/AppGroupHeaderView.swift \
52 MCT/Settings/Preferences.swift \
53 MCT/Settings/SettingsView.swift \
54 MCT/App/AppDelegate.swift \
55 MCT/App/MCTApp.swift
56
57# Info.plist
58cat > "$APP_DIR/Contents/Info.plist" << 'PLIST'
59<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
60<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
61<plist version="1.0">
62<dict>
63 <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
64 <string>en</string>
65 <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
66 <string>MCT</string>
67 <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
68 <string>com.mct.app</string>
69 <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
70 <string>6.0</string>
71 <key>CFBundleName</key>
72 <string>Mission Control Turbo</string>
73 <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
74 <string>Mission Control Turbo</string>
75 <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
76 <string>APPL</string>
77 <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
78 <string>1.0</string>
79 <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
80 <string>1</string>
81 <key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
82 <string>14.0</string>
83 <key>LSUIElement</key>
84 <true/>
85 <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
86 <string>Copyright 2026. All rights reserved.</string>
87 <key>NSScreenCaptureUsageDescription</key>
88 <string>MCT needs Screen Recording permission to capture window thumbnails for the overlay.</string>
89 <key>NSAccessibilityUsageDescription</key>
90 <string>MCT needs Accessibility permission to register a global hotkey and activate windows.</string>
91</dict>
92</plist>
93PLIST
94
95echo -n "APPL????" > "$APP_DIR/Contents/PkgInfo"
96
97# Code-sign the app so macOS recognizes it for permission grants
98if [ -n "$CERT_NAME" ]; then
99 codesign --force --sign "$CERT_NAME" "$APP_DIR"
100else
101 codesign --force --sign - "$APP_DIR"
102fi
103
104echo "Built: $APP_DIR"
105open "$APP_DIR"