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I need to run multiple, slightly different copies of a modeling tool, which all need access to a model repository on a different machine. Security Settings -> Network tends to pick one modeling tool (and unfortunately the wrong one) for permission, but the dialog offers no way to add the other copies manually. Where can I configure the permission on low level. [macOS Sequoia 15.6.1]

Hello, My experience is limited but I am looking to connect with app developer who has experience so I may receive mentorship. Thank you for taking the time to read this : ) Zakariah J. McLeroy

Hello, I have noticed a performance drop on SpriteKit-based projects running on iOS 26.0 (23A341). Below is a SpriteKit scene used to test framerate on different devices: import SpriteKit import SwiftUI class BareboneScene: SKScene { override func didMove(to view: SKView) { size = view.bounds.size anchorPoint = CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0.5) backgroundColor = .darkGray let roundedSquare = SKShapeNode(rectOf: CGSize(width: 150, height: 75), cornerRadius: 12) roundedSquare.fillColor = .systemRed roundedSquare.strokeColor = .black roundedSquare.lineWidth = 3 addChild(roundedSquare) let action = SKAction.rotate(byAngle: .pi, duration: 1) roundedSquare.run(.repeatForever(action)) } } struct BareboneSceneView: View { var body: some View { SpriteView( scene: BareboneScene(), debugOptions: [.showsFPS] ) .ignoresSafeArea() } } #Preview { BareboneSceneView() } The scene is very simple, yet framerate drops to ~40 fps as shown by the Metal HUD. Tested on: iPhone 13, iOS 26.0: framerate drops to 40 fps. Sometimes it runs at near 60fps. But if the screen is touched repeatedly, the framerate drops to 40-50 fps again. iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 26.0: ~40fps. iPad 9th Gen, iOS 18.6.2: 60fps, no issues. See screenshots attached. These numbers were observed by me and members of our beloved SpriteKit Discord server. Thank you for your attention.

For difficult reasons I won’t get into, I ended up manually downloading the latest iOS 26 simulator runtime. I now have a file named 78756498-8AB4-4E5A-986C-7AA435758657.aar copied to my Mac. How do I get this archive installed so Xcode 26 recognizes it as a proper simulator runtime component? All searching I‘ve done for manually installing simulators references dmg files and older versions of Xcode. There’s no mention of aar files. When I tried the command: sudo xcrun simctl runtime add ./78756498-8AB4-4E5A-986C-7AA435758657.aar I get the result: An error was encountered processing the command (domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code=22): Error while creating AEA backend Invalid argument I tried to use Archive Utility to open the file but that just says it is unable to expand the file. I even tried renaming the file with a dmg extension and then tried mounting the file and I get the same “AEA backend” error. My Mac doesn’t have sufficient Internet access to let me download and install this normally through Xcode. I need to find a way to get this file installed manually.

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Hi all, I'm trying to add Spotlight support to a macOS app that handles custom virtual machine bundles with the .vpvm extension. I’ve followed the current documentation and used the modern CSImportExtension approach with a Spotlight Importer extension target. Here’s what I’ve done: App Info.plist: Declared com.makeprog.vpvm as a UTI conforming to com.apple.package. Registered it under UTExportedTypeDeclarations and CFBundleDocumentTypes. Spotlight Importer Extension: Added a new macOS target using the Spotlight Import Extension template. Set the NSExtensionPointIdentifier to com.apple.spotlight.import. Used CSSupportedContentTypes = com.makeprog.vpvm. Implemented a minimal update(_ attributes:forFileAt:) method that sets displayName, title, and contentDescription. Other steps: Verified that the .appex is embedded under Contents/PlugIns/. Confirmed it appears in mdimport -e output with correct UTI. Used mdimport -m -d2 -t /path/to/file.vpvm, but I still get: Imported '/path/to/file.vpvm' of type 'com.makeprog.vpvm' with no plugIn. The extension is never invoked. I’ve also tried: Ensuring the .vpvm file is a valid directory bundle. Restarting Spotlight / rebuilding index. Ensuring the app and extension are properly signed. Tried installing the app in test virtual machine Question: Has anyone successfully used CSImportExtension for custom UTIs? Is there something additional I need to do for the extension to be recognized and triggered? Any advice or examples would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Hello, I’m porting my UIKit/SceneKit app to SwiftUI/RealityKit and I’m wondering how to change the camera target programmatically. I created a simple scene in Reality Composer Pro with two spheres. My goal is straightforward: when the user taps a sphere, the camera should look at it as the main target. Following Apple’s videos, I implemented the .gesture modifier and it is printing the tapped sphere correctly, but updating my targetEntity state doesn’t change anything, so the camera won't update its target. Is there a way to access the scene content at that level? Or what else should I do? Here’s my current code implementation: Thanks!

Already filed a feedback in case this is a bug, but posting here in case I'm doing something wrong? I'd like the search field to automatically be displayed with the keyboard up when the view appears. This sample code works in iOS 18, but it does not work in iOS 26 beta 7 I also tried adding a delay to setting searchIsFocused = true but that did not help struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { NavigationStack { NavigationLink(destination: ListView()) { Label("Go to list", systemImage: "list.bullet") } } .ignoresSafeArea() } } struct ListView: View { @State private var searchText: String = "" @State private var searchIsPresented: Bool = false @FocusState private var searchIsFocused: Bool var body: some View { ScrollView { Text("Test") } .searchable(text: $searchText, isPresented: $searchIsPresented, placement: .automatic, prompt: "Search") .searchFocused($searchIsFocused) .onAppear { searchIsFocused = true } } }

The following code worked as expected on iOS 26 RC, but it no longer works on the official release of iOS 26. Is there something I need to change in order to make it work on the official version? Registration BGTaskScheduler.shared.register( forTaskWithIdentifier: taskIdentifier, using: nil ) { task in ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // This closure is not called on the official release of iOS 26 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// let task = task as! BGContinuedProcessingTask var shouldContinue = true task.expirationHandler = { shouldContinue = false } task.progress.totalUnitCount = 100 task.progress.completedUnitCount = 0 while shouldContinue { sleep(1) task.progress.completedUnitCount += 1 task.updateTitle("\(task.progress.completedUnitCount) / \(task.progress.totalUnitCount)", subtitle: "any subtitle") if task.progress.completedUnitCount == task.progress.totalUnitCount { break } } let completed = task.progress.completedUnitCount >= task.progress.totalUnitCount if completed { task.updateTitle("Completed", subtitle: "") } task.setTaskCompleted(success: completed) } Request let request = BGContinuedProcessingTaskRequest( identifier: taskIdentifier, title: "any title", subtitle: "any subtitle", ) request.strategy = .queue try BGTaskScheduler.shared.submit(request) Sample project code: https://github.com/HikaruSato/ExampleBackgroundProcess

Hi everyone, I’m encountering a serious reliability issue with message passing in my Safari extension on iOS 18.4.1 and iOS 18.5 In my extension, I use the standard messaging API where the background script sends a message to the content scrip. The content script is listening using: browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(handler); This setup has been working reliably in previous versions of iOS, but since updating to iOS 18.4.1 and iOS 18.5, I’ve noticed that messages sent from the background script are not consistently received by the content script. From my logs, I can confirm that: The background script is sending the message. The content script’s listener is not always triggered. There are no errors or exceptions logged in either script. It seems as if browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener is either not getting registered in time or failing silently in some instances. This issue is intermittent and does not occur all the time. Has anyone else experienced similar issues in iOS 18.4.1 and 18.5? Are there any known changes or workarounds for ensuring reliable communication between background and content scripts in this version? Any help or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

There appears to be some unexplained change in behaviour in the recent version of macos 15.6.1 which is causing the BSD socket sendto() syscall to no longer send the data when the source socket is bound to a IPv4-mapped IPv6 address. I have attached a trivial native code which reproduces the issue. What this reproducer does is explained as a comment on that code's main() function: // Creates a AF_INET6 datagram socket, marks it as dual socket (i.e. IPV6_V6ONLY = 0), // then binds the socket to a IPv4-mapped IPv6 address (chosen on the host where this test runs). // // The test then uses sendto() to send some bytes. For the sake of this test, it uses the same IPv4-mapped // IPv6 address as the destination address to sendto(). The test then waits for (a maximum of) 15 seconds to // receive that sent message by calling recvfrom(). // // The test passes on macos (x64 and aarch64) hosts of versions 12.x, 13.x, 14.x and 15.x upto 15.5. // Only on macos 15.6.1 and the recent macos 26, the test fails. Specifically, the first message that is // sent using sendto() is never sent (and thus the recvfrom()) times out. sendto() however returns 0, // incorrectly indicating a successful send. Interesting, if you repeat sendto() a second message from the // same bound socket to the exact same destination address, the send message is indeed correctly sent and // received immediately by the recvfrom(). It's only the first message which goes missing (the test uses // unique content in each message to be sure which exact message was received and it has been observed that // only the second message is received and the first one lost). // // Logs collected using "sudo log collect --last 2m" (after the test program returns) shows the following log // message, which seem relevant: // ... // default kernel cfil_hash_entry_log:6088 <CFIL: Error: sosend_reinject() failed>: // [86868 a.out] <UDP(17) out so 59faaa5dbbcef55d 127846646561221313 127846646561221313 age 0> // lport 65051 fport 65051 laddr 192.168.1.2 faddr 192.168.1.2 hash 201AAC1 // default kernel cfil_service_inject_queue:4472 CFIL: sosend() failed 22 // ... // As noted, this test passes without issues on various macosx version (12 through 15.5), both x64 and aarch64 but always fails against 15.6.1. I have been told that it also fails on the recently released macos 26 but I don't have access to such host to verify it myself. The release notes don't usually contain this level of detail, so it's hard to tell if something changed intentionally or if this is a bug. Should I report this through the feedback assistant? Attached is the source of the reproducer, run it as: clang dgramsend.c ./a.out On macos 15.6.1, you will see that it will fail to send (and thus receive) the message on first attempt but the second one passes: ... created and bound a datagram dual socket to ::ffff:192.168.1.2:65055 ::ffff:192.168.1.2:65055 sendto() ::ffff:192.168.1.2:65055 ---- Attempt 1 ---- sending greeting "hello 1" sendto() succeeded, sent 8 bytes calling recvfrom() receive timed out --------------------- ---- Attempt 2 ---- sending greeting "hello 2" sendto() succeeded, sent 8 bytes calling recvfrom() received 8 bytes: "hello 2" --------------------- TEST FAILED ... The output "log collect --last 2m" contains a related error (and this log message consistently shows up every time you run that reproducer): ... default kernel cfil_hash_entry_log:6088 <CFIL: Error: sosend_reinject() failed>: [86248 a.out] <UDP(17) out so 59faaa5dbbcef55d 127846646561221313 127846646561221313 age 0> lport 65055 fport 65055 laddr 192.168.1.2 faddr 192.168.1.2 hash 201AAC1 default kernel cfil_service_inject_queue:4472 CFIL: sosend() failed 22 ... I don't know what it means though. dgramsend.c

For years, my app has been receiving XLSX files from other apps using the share command. For example, in an email, I use the share command on an xlsx attachment and send it to my app. From my app, I go to the Documents/Inbox folder and find the file. This mechanism has broken! And I'm not talking about an app compiled with XCode26, but simply installing my app, still compiled with XCode16, on iPadOS26. It seems that the operating system no longer puts files in the Inbox. Is this true?

With macOS Tahoe, Launchpad has been replaced by an App Library–style mode within Spotlight. While the alleged intention is UX consistency across the Apple ecosystem, the result is both a catastrophic usability regression and a radical break in consistency with iOS and iPadOS. Predefined App Library categorization is functionally incoherent: On iOS and now macOS, Apple’s predefined App Library categories place apps with seemingly identical functionality into unrelated groups—for example, 3D scanning tools scattered across Education, Utilities, and Productivity. Instead of making apps easier to find, this effectively creates a labyrinth that users must traverse to locate apps whose names and icons they may not recall. However Apple defines its app categories, they are not only inconsistent but also hopelessly inadequate for the long tail of real-world applications and user workflows. Loss of user control: Launchpad enabled users to group and organize applications according to their workflows. This aligns with Apple’s own Human Interface Guidelines, which emphasize user control, discoverability, and predictable behavior. The new Spotlight interface removes that flexibility, locking users into predefined categories that both impede and mislead—and cannot be overridden. Consistency across platforms is broken: If the goal was to unify iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, this approach actually undermines consistency. On iOS and iPadOS, users can still rely on a customizable Home Screen—a Launchpad-like experience—as their primary way of launching apps. In Tahoe, that option has been removed. macOS now forces users to depend exclusively on Spotlight with App Library categories, while eliminating the very feature that was consistent across platforms. Catastrophic impact on my workflow: As an interdisciplinary artist working in 2D, 3D, and time-based media, as well as coding, I make extensive use of a constantly changing array of AI tools and experiment with many new apps and web services, which I often turn into Web Apps. I cannot possibly recall the names of every native and web app on my system. I need predictable access to groups of related tools. Tahoe’s new auto-categories split those apps apart arbitrarily, slowing me down and interrupting established workflows, forcing me to navigate the aforementioned labyrinth just to find what I need. Proposal: A constructive way forward High-level objective: Simply restore Launchpad—or restore the ability to customize app categories/folders and manually assign apps to them, overriding or augmenting the predefined categories. This ensures users can launch apps according to their workflow, without needing to remember exact names or icons. Possible solutions: Allow manual subfolders within Applications, represented hierarchically in Spotlight. Provide a fullscreen Launchpad-like organizer (with uninstall via long-click, etc.), either as a replacement or toggleable option. Retain Apple’s auto-categories for those who prefer them, but let users override or augment them with their own. In summary: Tahoe eliminates a working, consistent paradigm (Launchpad/Home Screen) and forces reliance on an App Library system that categorizes poorly and cannot be customized. This is both a step backwards in functionality and a break in cross-platform consistency. A constructive solution is to restore Launchpad—or at least restore the ability for users to organize apps in ways that fit their workflows.

From what I’ve seen, this issue has been around since macOS 13 and can be reproduced reliably. It happens with some apps like Music, Notes, and Google Chrome. Here’s how to see it: 1.Make sure “Minimize windows into application” is enabled in System Settings, or just open a minimized app later directly from its application icon. 2.Open one of the apps mentioned above. 3.Minimize it. 4.Click the minimized app in the Dock to restore it. You’ll notice the GUI flashes for a moment and the minimize animation plays again. Some additional info here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/weird-glitches-during-restore-from-minimalization-of-any-app.2370260/ A video clipped from another GitHub issue: https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/13177224/445474477-36d8c784-9588-4186-8b6a-875c4077ce1c.mp4?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.xbAxdTgxadCVCZPsnZkhx9HnVbjP-D5w1GfPTBatIWQ

The app “Wi-Fi Aware Sample” on Bojie的iPhone quit unexpectedly. Domain: IDEDebugSessionErrorDomain Code: 20 Failure Reason: Message from debugger: The LLDB RPC server has crashed. You may need to manually terminate your process. The crash log is located in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports and has a prefix 'lldb-rpc-server'. Please file a bug and attach the most recent crash log. User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-09-17 10:26:56 +0000"; IDEDebugSessionErrorUserInfoUnavailabilityError = "Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprep Code=-10 "Fetching debug symbols for Bojie\U7684iPhone" UserInfo={NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Xcode will continue when the operation completes., NSLocalizedDescription=Fetching debug symbols for Bojie\U7684iPhone}"; IDERunOperationFailingWorker = DBGLLDBLauncher; } Event Metadata: com.apple.dt.IDERunOperationWorkerFinished : { "device_identifier" = "00008101-001E29E01E63003A"; "device_isCoreDevice" = 1; "device_model" = "iPhone13,3"; "device_osBuild" = "26.0 (23A341)"; "device_osBuild_monotonic" = 2300034100; "device_os_variant" = 1; "device_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphoneos"; "device_platform_family" = 2; "device_reality" = 1; "device_thinningType" = "iPhone13,3"; "device_transport" = 1; "dvt_coredevice_version" = "477.23"; "dvt_coredevice_version_monotonic" = 477023000000000; "dvt_coresimulator_version" = 1043; "dvt_coresimulator_version_monotonic" = 1043000000000000; "dvt_mobiledevice_version" = "1818.0.1"; "dvt_mobiledevice_version_monotonic" = 1818000001000000; "launchSession_schemeCommand" = Run; "launchSession_schemeCommand_enum" = 1; "launchSession_targetArch" = arm64; "launchSession_targetArch_enum" = 6; "operation_duration_ms" = 1922640; "operation_errorCode" = 20; "operation_errorDomain" = IDEDebugSessionErrorDomain; "operation_errorWorker" = DBGLLDBLauncher; "operation_error_reportable" = 1; "operation_name" = IDERunOperationWorkerGroup; "operation_unavailabilityErrorCode" = "-10"; "operation_unavailabilityErrorDomain" = "com.apple.dt.deviceprep"; "param_consoleMode" = 1; "param_debugger_attachToExtensions" = 0; "param_debugger_attachToXPC" = 1; "param_debugger_type" = 3; "param_destination_isProxy" = 0; "param_destination_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphoneos"; "param_diag_MainThreadChecker_stopOnIssue" = 0; "param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableDuringAttach" = 0; "param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableForXPC" = 1; "param_diag_allowLocationSimulation" = 1; "param_diag_checker_mtc_enable" = 1; "param_diag_checker_tpc_enable" = 1; "param_diag_gpu_frameCapture_enable" = 0; "param_diag_gpu_shaderValidation_enable" = 0; "param_diag_gpu_validation_enable" = 0; "param_diag_guardMalloc_enable" = 0; "param_diag_memoryGraphOnResourceException" = 0; "param_diag_queueDebugging_enable" = 1; "param_diag_runtimeProfile_generate" = 0; "param_diag_sanitizer_asan_enable" = 0; "param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_enable" = 0; "param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_stopOnIssue" = 0; "param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_enable" = 0; "param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_stopOnIssue" = 0; "param_diag_showNonLocalizedStrings" = 0; "param_diag_viewDebugging_enabled" = 1; "param_diag_viewDebugging_insertDylibOnLaunch" = 1; "param_install_style" = 2; "param_launcher_UID" = 2; "param_launcher_allowDeviceSensorReplayData" = 0; "param_launcher_kind" = 0; "param_launcher_style" = 99; "param_launcher_substyle" = 0; "param_lldbVersion_component_idx_1" = 0; "param_lldbVersion_monotonic" = 170300230950; "param_runnable_appExtensionHostRunMode" = 0; "param_runnable_productType" = "com.apple.product-type.application"; "param_testing_launchedForTesting" = 0; "param_testing_suppressSimulatorApp" = 0; "param_testing_usingCLI" = 0; "sdk_canonicalName" = "iphoneos26.0"; "sdk_osVersion" = "26.0"; "sdk_platformID" = 2; "sdk_variant" = iphoneos; "sdk_version_monotonic" = 2300527605; } System Information macOS Version 15.5 (Build 24F74) Xcode 26.0 (24141.31) (Build 17A5241o) Timestamp: 2025-09-17T18:26:56+08:00

Dear Apple Support, We are encountering an issue with deep linking on iOS 26 when using Safari and App Store redirection. Below are the detailed steps to reproduce the problem: The app is not installed on the device. User clicks on a Branch link: For example:- https://qewed.app.link/99u88ef9f?uuid=88dbwh5ubd4b Safari opens and displays the fallback page. User taps on “Get the App”, which navigates to the App Store. User installs and opens the app. Expected Behavior:
The app should receive the Branch link parameters (in this case, uuid=88dbwh5ubd4b) upon first open. Actual Behavior:
The app opens successfully, but the uuid parameter is not passed to the app. This issue seems specific to the Safari → App Store → App flow on iOS 26, as other flows behave correctly. Could you please advise whether this is a known issue or if there are recommended adjustments on our side to ensure parameters are consistently delivered after App Store redirection? Note: We are using Branch SDK version 3.11.0 (Cocoapods dependency) Thank you for your assistance.

Hi, I want to understand how Per-App VPN can be configured on iOS. Specifically: Is Per-App VPN something that can be controlled directly from code (inside an app), or does it always require MDM / configuration profiles (.mobileconfig)? If it requires a configuration profile, how can I specify which apps (by bundle identifier) should use the VPN? Is it possible to let users dynamically choose apps for Per-App VPN, or is this strictly managed by MDM? My goal is to make sure that only apps selected by user dynamically use the VPN connection, while other apps continue to use the normal network. Any official Apple documentation, examples, or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

I have 14 total devices, from way back. I am currently in a financial bind and can't renew just yet. BUT I am at past my time to reset the device list back to zero. But the screen to do that is behind the paid account. Catch 22 Can we fix it? As it stands I must email tech support, but this is a bug so I posted

A is there a way to get big huge notitifications for Shareplay invitations ? B can i have the notifications inside the app ? we have a corporate app to check archtecture projects we want to share these 3d spaces walking inside with near users in the same place to discuss about the project .. but it takes too long shareplay invitation is a small circle on top, if the others users just put the vision without configuring eyes and hands... it's gonna be impossible thanks for sharing and giving us support

I’ve noticed a strange bug in Xcode 16 and Swift. When a preview is rendering and hasn’t finished yet and you run an app to debug, Xcode is launching two instances of the app. Has anyone else noticed this issue? If you let the preview finish rendering before running the app, this doesn’t happen. Very odd.