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saidsurucu/ude-mac-arm64

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48JavaAudience · generalComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

TLDR

A patch that repackages a Turkish government document editor to run natively on Apple Silicon Macs, restoring e-signature support and adding Mac-friendly gestures.

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    What it does
      Native arm64 patch
      Restores signature support
      Retina toolbar icons
      Trackpad gestures
    Tech stack
      Java
      Build script
    Use cases
      Run UDE on M1 to M4 Macs
      Sign documents natively
      Update to newer UDE releases
    Audience
      Turkish legal professionals
      Mac users

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Run the UDE Turkish legal document editor natively on an Apple Silicon Mac without Rosetta.

USE CASE 2

Restore electronic signature and smart card support that breaks on Apple Silicon by default.

USE CASE 3

Get modern trackpad zoom and Mac-style keyboard shortcuts in an editor built for Windows.

USE CASE 4

Update to the latest official UDE release while keeping the Apple Silicon patch applied.

What is it built with?

JavaShell Script

How does it compare?

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LanguageJavaJavaJava
Setup difficultyeasyhardeasy
Complexity2/54/52/5
Audiencegeneraldeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Runs as a single terminal command, downloads and patches the official installer automatically.

In plain English

This project makes a Turkish government document editor called UDE (Uyap Dokuman Editoru) run natively on Apple Silicon Macs (M1, M2, M3, M4 chips) without needing Rosetta, Apple's translation layer for older software. The official UDE package was built for Intel processors, so on Apple Silicon it either runs slowly through Rosetta or does not work correctly at all. This patch rebuilds and repackages it so it runs as a true native arm64 application. The project does not distribute a ready-to-use application. Instead, it provides a build script and a single terminal command you paste and run. That command downloads the official UDE installer from the Turkish government's website, applies the patch on top of it, bundles a compatible version of Java so you do not need to install anything separately, and places the finished app in your Applications folder. Double-clicking any .udf document file will open it directly in the app. A notable feature the patch restores is electronic signature support. The original smart card detection was broken on Apple Silicon because the bundled Java could not find the system's card reader library. The fix embeds the correct library path into the app's launch configuration so it is always applied when the app starts, letting the full signing workflow complete without errors. Beyond compatibility, the patch includes several quality-of-life improvements for Mac users. It swaps the original toolbar icons for a modern Material icon set that renders sharply on Retina displays. It adds pinch-to-zoom behavior via a Command-key plus two-finger scroll gesture, since the original editor had no trackpad zoom. It also remaps keyboard shortcuts from the Windows-style Ctrl-based layout to the standard Mac Command-based equivalents for bold, italic, copy, paste, undo, and similar actions. To update to a newer version of UDE, you run the same single install command again. The script fetches the latest release, applies the patch fresh, and replaces the app in your Applications folder. The project is unofficial and unaffiliated with any Turkish government agency.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through running the ude-mac-arm64 install command on my Mac.
Prompt 2
Explain what the electronic signature fix in this patch actually does.
Prompt 3
How do I update UDE to the latest version using this project's install script?
Prompt 4
What Mac-specific improvements does this patch add over the original Windows UDE editor?

Frequently asked questions

What is ude-mac-arm64?

A patch that repackages a Turkish government document editor to run natively on Apple Silicon Macs, restoring e-signature support and adding Mac-friendly gestures.

What language is ude-mac-arm64 written in?

Mainly Java. The stack also includes Java, Shell Script.

How hard is ude-mac-arm64 to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is ude-mac-arm64 for?

Mainly general.

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