# Ascelerate Helper

Also in Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語 and Türkçe: https://ascelerate.app/helper?lang=de (es, fr, ja, tr).

Archiving and uploading builds and capturing screenshots run Xcode and the simulators, which a Mac App Store app can't do on its own. The Ascelerate Helper does it for Ascelerate.

Download: https://ascelerate.app/helper (an installer package for Ascelerate on macOS 27 or later).

## Installing

Open the downloaded installer and follow its steps. It doesn't ask for your password, and Ascelerate notices the helper as soon as it's installed.

## What it installs

Two files, in Ascelerate's own folder, `~/Library/Application Scripts/com.ascelerateapp.Ascelerate`:

- **Ascelerate Helper**, the short script Ascelerate runs.
- **ascelerate**, the [open-source command-line tool](https://ascelerate.dev) for App Store Connect that does the work.

Nothing else on your Mac changes. Nothing runs in the background: the helper runs only when Ascelerate asks it to, with the API key you gave Ascelerate. The installer is signed by AKE Software GmbH and notarized by Apple.

## Updating

When Ascelerate says a newer helper is available, download the installer again and open it.

## Removing

On Ascelerate's Helper page, click Remove Helper… and confirm in the window that opens. Or delete the two files from that folder yourself (in Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder and paste its path). Ascelerate asks for the helper again the next time you archive, upload or capture screenshots.