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Install + first launch

Available since v0.1.0 · Last updated 2026-10-16

Quickest — one command, no Gatekeeper warning

Open Terminal (press ⌘+Space, type “Terminal”, press Enter), paste this line and press Enter:

curl -fsSL https://rsltool.com/install.sh | bash

It downloads the latest version, checks it against the published checksum, puts RSL Tool into Applications and opens it. The “Apple could not verify…” warning does not appear: macOS shows it only for apps downloaded through a browser. To update later, run the same line again — your settings and data stay.

💡 Prefer the classic way? Download the DMG and follow steps 1–3 below.

1. Download

Click the Download button on rsltool.com — it 302-redirects to the latest signed DMG (~125 MB).

Download button on landing page
The Download button on rsltool.com. Hash-stable URL is /api/download — bookmark that, not the version-pinned file.
💡 The same URL always hosts the latest production build. To pin a specific version (for rollback or QA), grab the raw R2 path: releases.rsltool.com/RSL_Tool_v0.3.0.dmg.

2. Install — drag to Applications

  1. Double-click RSL_Tool_v….dmg in Downloads. The DMG mounts in a new Finder window.
  2. Drag the RSL Tool icon onto the Applications alias inside that window.
  3. Eject the DMG (right-click on the mount in Finder → Eject).
  4. Run the app from /Applications, not from the mounted DMG.

3. First launch — bypass macOS Gatekeeper

RSL Tool is not notarised by Apple — that needs a paid Apple Developer account. So on macOS 15 Sequoia and later, the first launch of a copy downloaded in a browser is blocked with “Apple could not verify ‘RSL Tool’ is free of malware”. You unblock it once in 3 steps below; after that it opens normally. (Installed with the one command above? Skip this section.)

Step 1 — initial warning

Double-click RSL Tool in /Applications. macOS shows:

macOS Gatekeeper warning — RSL Tool Not Opened
Sequoia 15 removed the old “Open Anyway” button from this dialog. The only action here is Done. The actual unblock happens in System Settings.

Click Done and continue to step 2.

Step 2 — unblock in System Settings

Open System Settings → Privacy & Security. Scroll down to the Security section and look for the “RSL Tool was blocked” entry:

System Settings Privacy and Security entry with Open Anyway button
This entry only appears for a few minutes after the blocked launch attempt. If you don’t see it, double-click the app again from /Applications to re-trigger.

Click Open Anyway. Confirm with your password or Touch ID.

Step 3 — final confirmation

macOS shows one final dialog — this time with the blue Open Anyway button active:

Final confirmation dialog with active Open Anyway button
Click Open Anyway here and the app launches. macOS remembers this decision permanently — every subsequent launch is instant.

Faster path — Terminal one-liner (for developers)

The 3-step UI bypass can be replaced by a single shell command that strips the quarantine attribute macOS adds to internet-downloaded files:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/RSL Tool.app"

After this, double-click the app and it opens directly — no warnings.

💡 Gatekeeper only blocks on the first launch. After you’ve gone through either path once, every subsequent launch is instant — macOS remembers your decision per-app.

4. macOS permission prompts

macOS gates every app behind permission prompts. RSL Tool triggers two flavours: folder access right after launch, and Developer Tools Access the first time you click Connect.

Folder access (Transparency, Consent, Control)

Right after the app launches, macOS asks for access to your user folders one prompt at a time. This is macOS's TCC system (Transparency, Consent, Control) — every app has to explicitly request access to your Downloads, Documents, and Desktop folders the first time it tries to read them.

macOS TCC prompt for Downloads folder access
The first permission dialog. RSL Tool scans your Downloads folder to find Plarium Play installs and any JSON dumps you've saved there. Click Allow.

You may see one or more of these prompts in a row — Downloads first, then possibly Documents and Desktop. Click Allow on each. Without these permissions the app can't auto-detect Plarium Play or load static JSON dumps; the optimizer still works on paid tiers, but the import flow needs the permissions.

💡 Clicked Don't Allow by mistake? You can grant access later in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Files and Folders → RSL Tool.

Developer Tools Access (for live attach)

One more permission prompt appears later — the first time you click the Connect button to attach to a running Plarium Play instance:

macOS Developer Tools Access prompt with Touch ID
“Developer Tools Access is trying to take control of another process.” RSL Tool uses Frida bindings to read live state from Plarium Play — that needs elevated process-attach permission. Authorise with Touch ID or your password. The dialog fires once; every subsequent Connect is silent.

Click Cancel and attach fails — the app falls back to JSON-import mode. You can re-trigger the prompt by clicking Connect again.

⚠️ The wording sounds alarming — “take control of another process” reads like malware. It is macOS's standard phrasing for any app that uses task_for_pid (the API Frida calls). RSL Tool only attaches to the Plarium Play process you explicitly chose — nothing else.

5. First launch — the License tab

The app always opens on the License tab. This is by design — licensing is the gate to every other feature, so it's the first thing you deal with.

RSL Tool License tab on first launch
The License tab is the landing view. On a fresh install with no activation yet, the green badge reads Trial — N days left and the button reads Activate license. The screenshot here is a paid Founders environment — your view will be tier-appropriate. The Device ID below the badge is your Mac's hardware fingerprint (redacted here); it's what the license binds to. Top-right corner has the in-game version detector and the Connect button (Disconnected on first launch — the next article covers connecting Raid).

Next steps

  1. Activate (or stay on Trial). Got a license key? Click Activate license on the screenshot above → paste → done. No key? Trial runs free for the displayed window — keep going and come back when you're ready to buy. Full flow in License activation.
  2. Connect Raid. Switch to the Import tab in the sidebar. If Plarium Play is running with Raid open, the app auto-detects the process. If not, you can still load a static JSON dump in read-only viewer mode. Full flow in Account import.

6. Trial — what you get

On the very first launch a 7-day Premium trial is provisioned automatically. No card, no signup. The Trial binds to a single Raid account on first import; after expiry the app drops to the free viewer tier. See License + activation for the full tier matrix and upgrade paths.

Common questions

It says “damaged and can’t be opened”

That’s the macOS quarantine flag on the DMG. Fix:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/RSL\ Tool.app

Re-launch — Gatekeeper now respects the “Open Anyway” override.

Is it Apple-Silicon native?

Yes — universal binary. M-series Macs run native (no Rosetta). Intel Macs (2018-2020) still work via the x86_64 slice but performance is slower for gear-optimizer brute force.

Does my license limit Raid game accounts?

Depends on tier:

One Premium subscription replaces the multi-account billing typical of web-tool alternatives (where 5 Raid accounts cost you 5× the subscription).

Next steps

Account import → License + activation →