On: Tell HN: Full macOS reinstall because Apple ID

[ravenstine]

I haven't used an Apple ID with my MacBook for several years now. Never had an issue. Life is just fine without the Apple cloud.

[olalonde → ravenstine]

Unfortunately some software (e.g. WireGuard) can only be installed through the app store, which requires an Apple ID.

[amenghra → olalonde]

From the wireguard install page:

  $ brew install wireguard-tools

Or

  $ port install wireguard-tools

You could also just compile it yourself.

[olalonde → amenghra]

That installs the CLI, the WireGuard GUI app is only available on the app store. Same for Outline (another VPN).

[morganvachon → olalonde]

If that's the case then the GUI app isn't open source and is a completely different product from the CLI version, and differently licensed. If the CLI version can't do everything the GUI version can, I'd be keen to move to a more open and honest platform, especially for something as personal as a VPN.

[wyclif → morganvachon]

They are not the same things. The App Store Wireguard does not support certain directives that are included in the CLI version (see my comment further up the thread).

[wyclif → olalonde]

Note that the command line interface for Wireguard is not optional on the server, the Wireguard App on the App Store is not sufficient for managing a Wireguard server due to macOS’s sandbox restrictions. (Specifically, the PostUp and PostDown directives are not supported in the App Store’s Wireguard App).