DEV Community

Cover image for how2: Using GPG on macOS without GPGTools

how2: Using GPG on macOS without GPGTools

Wes Souza on January 15, 2019

I don’t like GPGTools. I want GPG on macOS. Every tutorial has some obsolete part. Here’s what I did. GPGTools installs a lot of things that I ...
Collapse
 
bbuchalter profile image
Brian Buchalter

Note, for Apple Silicon users, the install location of homebrew packages has changed. Run which pinentry-mac to determine the correct location for you to be placed in the ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf file.

Collapse
 
wes profile image
Wes Souza

Thanks for the heads up, I've updated the article to reflect that.

Collapse
 
fdel15_61 profile image
Frank

Amazing article. Helped me out today. Thank you Wes.

Collapse
 
rahmanfadhil profile image
Abdurrahman Fadhil

Thanks a lot, super helpful! 😃

Collapse
 
mellbourn profile image
Klas Mellbourn • Edited

Excellent advice, just what I've been looking for. Gpg-suite installs oodles of launch services. The keychain feature is the only thing that I need.

Collapse
 
thbp profile image
The Half Blood Prince

Clean, simple and precise. Kudos!

Collapse
 
rakheshster profile image
Rakhesh Sasidharan

Thanks for this. Wanted to avoid GPG Suite myself and this was the only post I found that gave good clear instructions.