Hi, my app ScreenFloat can capture screenshots and record the screen (along with system- and microphone audio). It does this in an XPC service. On macOS Sequoia b1-3, recording does not work anymore (although permissions are granted to the app in System Preferences > Privacy & Security). Instead, I keep getting an error that my XPC service can access this computer's screen and audio. (of course, that's the point!) First of all, the screen is locked when the warning appears, clicks anywhere on the screen are not recognized. I have to hit Escape (or wait about a minute, at which point it resolves itself), to be able to click anywhere. Clicking on Continue To Allow doesn't do anything, either. The warning just re-appears every time. Do I need to add a new entitlement to my main app or the XPC service, or any new NSUsage strings to the InfoPlist.strings? How can I resolve this? Thank you, Matthias

We are not seeing any traffic from iOS to App-Proxy extension. We have a Safari domains specified in the per App App Proxy VPN configuration which is pushed to our device. When we tap on the safari and start loading one of these domains, safari will not load any websites with these domains. But if we load any other websites with any other domain, the websites are loaded properly. But the same behavior works fine and app receives traffic on iOS 17.5.1 and older iOS versions. The issue is observed only on iOS 18 Beta versions.

From downloading Beta 18 (public) I have the following sever issues: Cellar Network dips and has weakened (wife & kids on same network with no issues.) Wi-Fi stability has become horrendous AirDrop is a nightmare zooming in on emails or other document documents cuts the page off and it becomes unmovable battery drains significantly quicker than ever before please tell me I’m not alone! @Apple - would be great if uninstalling beta was easier with out the risk and time the current process is annotated!

I installed macOS Sequoia Beta 1 on external SSD and I boot it on my MacBook Pro. I changed my startup disk in Settings to point SSD and I install update via "Software Update". The file is downloaded then my computer restarts and it takes around ~20 seconds to install everything, but once the macOS is started, I see that I've got still Beta 1. I tried also to download the full installer and repeat the process but with the same result. It looks like everything is installed correctly, but once the system is launched, it's still the old macOS version. Any idea how to update the system on my SSD?

I just downloaded iOS 18 beta public and was able to customize my apps on one of my profiles. But when I went to one of my other Lockscreen/Homescreen profiles the apps were the same color as the original profile.

I am trying to add joints via code in my visionOS app. My scenario requires me to combine models from Reality Composer Pro with entities and components from code to generate the dynamic result. I am using the latest visionOS beta and Xcode versions and there is no documentation about joints. I tried to add them via the available API but regardless of how I combine pins, joints and various component, my entities will not get restricted or stay fixated like they are when they are in a child/parent relationship. I am using RealityKit and RealityView in mixed mode. I also searched the whole internet for related information without finding anything. Any insights or pointers appreciated!

Hello! I encountered a problem accessing APi for VisionOS 2 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_developer_arkit_object-tracking-parameter-adjustment_allow How can I use it in a regular developer account?

If I attach my swiftui view via an ViewAttachmentEntity it will show the view but any ornaments defined are not showing up at all. When I use Xcode preview on the swiftui view the ornaments show up correctly. I am using visionOS beta 3 and the problem easy to reproduce. Are ornaments on views supported if the view is displayed via an ViewAttachmentEntity?

Running into this new issue in beta 3. All of our immutable model attributes are now triggering swift compiler error from the title (tied to swift 6 - warning in swift 5). Neither warning or error show up on previous builds. Anyone else running into this? Hopefully not a limitation on swiftData that attributes must be mutable? filed as: FB14379932 (new in Xcode 16 beta3: "cannot expand accessors on variable declared with 'let'" in SwiftData Models)

Hello, I'm experiencing an issue with iOS 18 Beta 3 and SwiftData. I have a model with some attributes marked as externalStorage because they are pretty large. In iOS 17 I could display a list of all my Models and it would not prefetch the externalStorage attributes. Now in iOS 18 it seems the attributes are fetched even though I don't use them in my list. It's an issue because the memory use of my app goes from 100mo on iOS 17 to more than 1gb on iOS 18 because of this. My app is configured to sync with iCloud. Anyone else experiencing the issue? Thanks Gil

I have a few UI Tests in my app, and some of them access the tab bar, for instance: XCUIApplication().tabBars.element.buttons.element(boundBy: tabBarButtonCount - 1).tap() In Xcode 16 though, when performing tests on iPad, this fails, likely due to the new tab bar. How am I supposed to perform this kind of action in iPadOS 18?

Hello! I encountered a problem accessing BETA APi for VisionOS 2 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_developer_arkit_object-tracking-parameter-adjustment_allow How can I use it in a regular developer account?

I am very new to App Intents and I am trying to add them to my On Device LLM ChatBot app so my users can get answers to any questions anywhere in iOS. I have the following code and it is working wonderfully in the Shortcuts app. import AppIntents struct AskAi: AppIntent { static var openAppWhenRun: Bool = false static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Ask Ai About" static let description = "Gets an answer from Ai for your question." @Parameter(title: "Question") var question: String static var parameterSummary: some ParameterSummary { Summary("Ask Ai About \(\.$question)") } @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult & ReturnsValue<String> { let bot: Bot = Bot() await bot.respond(to: self.question) return .result( value: bot.output ) } } class AppShortcuts: AppShortcutsProvider { static var appShortcuts: [AppShortcut] { AppShortcut( intent: AskAi(), phrases: [ "Ask \(.applicationName) \(\.$question)", "Get \(.applicationName) answer for \(\.$question)", "Open \(\.$question) using \(.applicationName) ", "Using \(.applicationName) get help with \(\.$question)" ], shortTitle: "Ask Ai", systemImageName: "sparkles" ) } } I can create a shortcut for this AppIntent and that allows me say speak the response. I can call my shortcut via iOS 18 Beta 1 by the Shortcut name I set in the Shortcuts app and that allows it to work. It does not work at all by just Asking Siri any of the phrases I have defined. The info.plist has an app name alias defined just to be sure. I even added the Siri capability in Xcode-beta. I also tried using the ProvidesDialog return type too. Whatever I do the AppIntent is invisible to Siri. Siri tries to search the web, looking for my app name in the contacts or have an error Apple Cash which has nothing to do with what I was talking about. Is there anything else I am missing for setting up iOS AppIntents to work with Siri?

Hello, Does anyone have any idea how to manually change the audio output in the Apple Vision Pro in VisionOS 2? If I have both AirPods Pro 2. Generation in the ears I get the sound via the AirPods but if I only have one in it and they are still connected, the sound is played by the speakers of the AVP. I also deactivated Bluetooth on my iPhone and MacBook so that they can't connect. I also tried to pair them again but didn't do anything. As shown there aren't my AirPods to select to make them my audio output they are connected to the AVP. only if I have both in my ears the sound will come from my AirPods. Thanks in advance for the answers!

We are currently doing our beta testing for our application and we are having some issues with universal links. The issues can be seen below: we are using auth0 for authentication. In this process, after users verify their email addresses they should be redirected back to the application. For some users, they are directed back to a page that shows error 404. For other users where it works, they are directed back to the application. What could be my issue? Our app-site- association file is hosted in the link below for reference. https://yourmomentshub.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association

Is there a way for the application to get notified when user updates their 'Selected Contacts' from the Settings app when the Contacts permission on the application is set to the new iOS 18 CNAuthorizationStatusLimited status? My logic already listens for the CNContactStoreDidChangeNotification notification, but it doesn't look like it is being fired under this scenario. Do we have to setup a new CNChangeHistoryFetchRequest every time the application becomes active and compare the result? Is the value of the currentHistoryToken updated when user selects / deselects entries from their 'Selected Contacts'?

A lot of apps use undocumented App-prefs URLs to help users get to the iOS Settings screen needed to set up the app. In iOS 18, it seems like these all stopped working. Here are the ones I currently use: App-prefs:MESSAGES - broken in iOS 18 Used for SMS Protection. App-prefs:Phone - broken in iOS 18 Used for Live Voicemail, Silence Unknown Callers, and SMS Reporting. Some but not most paths have specific documented replacements. E.g. for Call Blocking & Identification you can use CXCallDirectoryManager.sharedInstance.openSettings() and this still works in iOS 18. But I don't see any other direct replacements. Apple probably doesn't consider this a bug but I filed FB14378568 anyway. I consider this an accessibility issue because many older, inexperienced, or users with disabilities have trouble finding the right Settings screen based on a textual description alone.

When I download and install Xcode-beta 16 I get the following error with the app not opening. Xcode v15.4 opens fine on an Apple M2 Max running Sonoma 14.5. "Loading a plug-in failed. The plug-in or one of its prerequisite plug-ins may be missing or damaged and may need to be reinstalled.". Anyone know how to resolve? I am trying to experience Timelines in Reality Composer Pro and need 16 beta+ to try it.

I had my phone set up earlier with developer mode already on before 18 Betas came out. In my settings I can see the install pre-release software for AirPods, and it's turned on, but nothing has installed yet. I don't have Sequoia running on my computer at all...is this something that absolutely HAS to be on in order to get the AirPods beta, or is that step simply only needed to turn on developer mode?

One of our apps has some failing unit tests that I traced back to a change in the way Calendar.date(from:) works on iOS 18 beta (22A5307d) as compared to earlier versions. The simple demo unit test below passes in iOS 17.5 and fails in 18 beta 3. I did not test this in other beta versions. import XCTest final class DateComponentsMath_Tests: XCTestCase { func testAddingWeek() throws { var components = DateComponents( year: 2024, weekOfYear: 1, yearForWeekOfYear: 2024 ) let date1 = Calendar.current.date(from: components)! // add a few weeks to the components components.weekOfYear = components.weekOfYear! + 5 let date2 = Calendar.current.date(from: components) XCTAssertNotEqual(date1, date2, "We added five weeks to the components so this should not result in the same date") } } It appears that in iOS 18 (22A5307d), year, weekOfYear, and yearForWeekOfYear are no longer enough to uniquely specify a date. With those three values, Calendar.date(from:) always returns January 1 of the specified year. In earlier versions of iOS this was not the case. I submitted this as FB14323984