Xcode 27 Beta 3 / watchOS 27 Beta 3 - Apple Watch won’t show PIN when pairing in Device Hub (Solved) I ran into an issue where my Apple Watch could no longer pair with Xcode after I manually removed it from Device Hub. Environment Xcode 27 Beta 3 macOS Tahoe Beta iOS 27 Beta 3 watchOS 27 Beta 3 Symptoms iPhone appears in Device Hub and is Connected. Apple Watch does not appear in Device Hub. On Apple Watch: Settings → Privacy & Security → Developer Mode → Devices My Mac appears in the list. Tapping the Mac: Enter watch passcode. Tap Pair. Expected: Xcode should display a 6-digit PIN. Actual: Xcode remains on “Waiting to Pair” forever. No PIN is shown. Additional observations Running: xcrun devicectl list devices Only shows the iPhone. The Apple Watch never appears. Also, while reproducing the issue, coredeviced receives no pairing request at all. So it doesn’t look like the pairing challenge is failing—the pairing request never reaches the Mac. Things I tried (none worked) Restarted Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch. Removed pairing from Device Hub. Removed the Mac from Apple Watch Developer Mode → Devices. Turned Developer Mode off/on. Erased and re-paired the Apple Watch with the iPhone. Re-enabled wireless development. None of these solved the issue. Solution What finally worked was surprisingly simple: Completely power off the iPhone. Keep the Apple Watch and Mac powered on. Pair the Apple Watch from Device Hub again. Immediately after the iPhone was powered off, Xcode displayed the pairing PIN and the pairing completed successfully. After the watch was paired, I powered the iPhone back on and everything continued to work normally. My guess It seems the iPhone (the companion device) may be holding a stale developer pairing state after the watch is manually unpaired from Device Hub. With the iPhone powered off, the watch appears to communicate directly with the Mac, allowing the pairing challenge to be created successfully. Hopefully this helps anyone else who gets stuck at “Waiting to Pair” with no PIN appearing.

I deleted Build 16 from the external Test Flight review approval because I want Build 17 to be used and set up for external review. I successfully removed it and it is not showing up under external testing.. but when I try to add my Build 17, it is greyed out and says that Build 16 is still waiting for review. Can you please fix this as soon as possible so I can begin the review process for my Build 17? Please let me know what information you may need. I'm hoping to get this resolved ASAP.

My priority is activation, not the refund. I understand a refund for an earlier duplicate charge is also in progress, but that is not urgent for me — what I need most is for my membership to be activated so I can access App Store Connect and TestFlight. My app is fully built and ready; this enrollment delay is the only thing blocking me from launching. If anyone from the Apple Developer Support or Enrollment team could look into this case and help move it forward, I would be extremely grateful. I’m also glad to provide any additional documentation needed to complete the review. Thank you very much for your time.

I’m posting here because I’ve read that the support team is more responsive on these forums, and I’m hoping someone from Apple can take a look at my case. Enrollment ID: C4F9MQY752 Support Case: 102924068161 Current valid order: W1616353197 Timeline: • I enrolled in the Apple Developer Program (Individual) and made a clean, single payment using my primary Apple Account, after being advised to do so by Developer Support following an earlier duplicate-charge issue. • It has now been several weeks since that payment. My developer account still shows “Hobbyist” and prompts me to “Enroll today,” as if no payment or enrollment exists. • I have sent multiple follow-up emails to the case above and called Developer Support, but have not received any update on the actual activation. My priority is activation, not the refund. I understand a refund for an earlier duplicate charge is also in progress, but that is not urgent for me — what I need most is for my membership to be activated so I can access App Store Connect and TestFlight. My app is fully built and ready; this enrollment delay is the only thing blocking me from launching. If anyone from the Apple Developer Support or Enrollment team could look into this case and help move it forward, I would be extremely grateful. I’m also glad to provide any additional documentation needed to complete the review. Thank you very much for your time.

Hello, I am trying to enroll in the Apple Developer Program as an Individual developer from India. My enrollment status shows: OM (Pending) When I try to complete the membership purchase, I receive the following errors: "Your Purchase Could Not Be Completed" "Unable to Purchase. This item is currently not available in your country/region." Details: Country/Region: India The payment is not being charged, and the enrollment remains in Pending status. Has anyone experienced this issue recently, and what steps were required to resolve it? Thank you.

I'm trying to build an Xcode Cloud workflow, but I keep getting this error. At first it just said I had to accept a license agreement, which I did, but it still didn't work after. I had recently added a new branch to the connected GitHub repository and committed to it so that I can have a beta branch separate from the main one. The only error that happens is when archiving. I am using Xcode 27 beta.

Hi, I have been testing Xcode 27 beta 2 on macOS 27 beta 2 on a MacBook Air M2 (base model) with 16 GB of memory. When loading previews for the first time, it could take a while, but it looks significantly longer compared to Xcode 26.x on macOS 26.x. Then when trying to launch a simple app with a few screens, the Device Hub takes forever, and then on Activity Monitor, the swap used starts to climb up, almost as high as 12 GB or more. Running an app on Device Hub is almost impossible. Is this a limit of what a MacBook Air can do? This is not my primary machine by the way.

I am trying to start implementing the Push Provisioning (Apple Pay) process for my website. I configured a test-environment and already had a 'success' connectivity test before, even though I did not implement any TLS validation api. but for about two weeks, there is that "Environment connectivity test is unavailable due to production maintenance." message. I don't know if earlier i managed to pass the tests for real, or if that is exactly a bug Apple is working on. This message comes and goes at least 2-3 times, and you can't tell if the connectivity test works as expected or is bugged.

Hello, I am trying to enroll in the Apple Developer Program as an Individual developer from India. My enrollment status shows: OM (Pending) When I try to complete the membership purchase, I receive the following errors: "Your Purchase Could Not Be Completed" "Unable to Purchase. This item is currently not available in your country/region." Details: Country/Region: India The payment is not being charged, and the enrollment remains in Pending status. Has anyone experienced this issue recently, and what steps were required to resolve it? Thank you.

I started a project targeting macOS and used Storyboard app lifecycle. I also used Xcode Previews in this project. If I: Keep the entry point of the main storyboard to a window controller. (as default setup in macOS), Turn the Xcode window into full-screen, That window controller would pop up its window every time Xcode Previews refreshes. I tested in Xcode 26.3 RC and many versions before.

How can I get access on my developer account to have access to the HomePod developer software? I would love to be able to do some testing with my HomePods? Thank you. X-ration point

Earlier from the apple documentation, there was an option to get the API difference between OS. That option is no longer present. How do we get the API difference now. Is there anyway we can get this.

Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has experienced a similar issue with Apple Developer Program enrollment. I recently completed the enrollment process and the payment was successfully charged to my card. However, my account is still not active, and the enrollment status remains pending. I've already contacted Apple Developer Support, but I haven't received any update yet. Since this account is needed for an ongoing project, I'm a bit concerned about how long the activation process may take. For those who have gone through this before: How long did it take for your account to become active after payment? Did you need to provide any additional information or documents? Is there anything I can do to speed up the process? Any advice or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hello everyone, I'm hoping to get some advice or visibility on a frustrating catch-22 situation with App Review regarding my company's VPN app. Background: I originally developed our VPN app under my personal Apple Developer account. App Review correctly informed me that under Guideline 5.4 (VPN Apps), the app must be submitted by an enrolled Organization, not an individual. To fully comply with Apple's policies, I formed my company, enrolled as an Organization, and transferred the app. My previous personal account was closed as a direct result of this migration. The Issue: Now, submitting the exact same app under my new, fully compliant organizational account, I am getting repeatedly rejected under Guideline 4.3(a) Design - Spam: "We noticed the app shares a similar binary, metadata, and/or concept as apps previously submitted by a terminated Apple Developer Program account." The "terminated" account is my own previous personal account! The "similar binary" is because it is literally the exact same app being migrated to comply with Guideline 5.4. I have appealed and explained to the Review Board that we strictly follow all guidelines: Guideline 5.4 Compliance: We use the NEVPNManager API, we are an enrolled organization, and we have a strict privacy policy with clear in-app disclosures. Guideline 4.3(a) Compliance: We are not creating multiple Bundle IDs to spam the store. We only have one app and one Bundle ID. This was a mandatory compliance migration. Guideline 4.3(b) / App Quality: Furthermore, we have invested heavily in a brand new, unique, high-quality UI design that strictly follows modern Apple Human Interface Guidelines. The app works flawlessly and provides a premium experience for our users. We are not using a cheap template. Has anyone else experienced this automated flag when migrating an app to comply with organizational requirements? How can I get past the automated spam filters so a human reviewer can look at the history of this Bundle ID, see the high quality of the app, and approve the migration? Any advice from the community or Apple engineers monitoring the forums would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, my enrollment is pending since days now. Payment for subscription was processed successfully and I received the invoice. I also did upload a passport copy for identification. Can you help me and check if there is a missing step? my email is thomas [at] blissofkundalini [dot] yoga Opened support ticket at 102911375907 I need to get some product shipped :) can you help me out?

It was fantastic news to hear, last year, that Xcode was getting a Vim mode. Apple's implementation of it was a great first step, but it was missing a bunch of key features. Most importantly the dot command (and by, extension, macros) and creating marks in files, which are functions that I use/rely on on a daily basis. I thought I would finally be able to stop having to self-sign Xcode (which causes problems) in order to use XVim2 plugin, but no such luck. Will these features get added in for Xcode 14 (they don't seem to be in the beta) or are they far out on the roadmap?

I’m delighted with the introduction of new color folders. Although, I can’t help but wonder why we still need both color folders and tags. Aren’t the color folders sufficient for our needs?

Good Day, I've applied for enrollment on the Developer iPhone App and was asked to upload company and identity documentation (which I did within 24 hours) and the enrollment has been stuck since. I reached out to support and they said to please call them as they need to speak to me on the phone, however I am in a region where phone support is not available (only email). I've subsequently replied to the email and said this to support and they closed the ticket. I've previously applied for enrollment on the developer.apple.com and that enrollment was approved but after 2 weeks of waiting the payment was never collected by Apple and support closed the enrollment and advised me to enroll on the mobile app as it allows Apple Pay which will collect the fee immediately after approval. However now the mobile app enrollment is stuck. Anyone been through this who can advise me on what to do to get this resolved ? My project is delayed by 2 months because of this.

I can run v1 of Parallax Previewer just fine, but v2 pops up an error on open. In console I can see a crash log that states that CoreRe.framework is looking for _FigSTSCreate inside the system's MediaToolbox.framework. I guess Tahoe doesn't have that. Is there a new version coming that works on Tahoe? or a workaround? I couldn't find an existing discussion about this. thanks.

When I query, an existing database with over 10,000 records from an Objective C app (i.e. CKQueryOperation) I get only N x 100 records returned where N varies each time between 0 and about 10 (i.e. never more than 1000 records and always an even multiple of 100). When I do a “Query Records” on the CloudKit Dashboard I get a similar number of pages of records downloaded (i.e. 0-10). If I tap “Query Records” multiple times I will get more pages of records until the full 10,000 are downloaded. This had been working fine until recently, both from the app and the Dashboard. There are multiple Record Types in the database. Only one Record Type is erroring. The other Record Types continue to work both from the app and the Dashboard. In particular, the Users Record Type has many many records and they all download to many pages with a single tap of “Query Records”. I have posted this to the Feedback Assistant under FB22358865. Here is my code: NSPredicate *predicate =[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"modificationDate>%@",dateLastSynched]; CKRecordType theRecordName=[NSString stringWithString:@"Notices”]; // I also try this for @“Links” and @“Messages” and @“EventMessages" CKQuery *query = [[CKQuery alloc] initWithRecordType:theRecordName predicate:predicate]; CKQueryOperation *theOperation=[[CKQueryOperation alloc] initWithQuery:query]; [self startAQueryOperation:(CKQueryOperation *)theOperation theName:(NSString *)recordName]; -(void)startAQueryOperation:(CKQueryOperation *)theOperation theName:(NSString *)recordName{ theOperation.recordFetchedBlock=^(CKRecord *theRecord){ NSLog(@"XXXjust downloaded a %@",recordName); }; theOperation.queryCompletionBlock=^(CKQueryCursor *theCursor, NSError *error){ if(error){ NSLog(@"XXXerror %@",error); } if(theCursor){ CKQueryOperation *anotherOperation=[[CKQueryOperation alloc] initWithCursor:theCursor]; [self startAQueryOperation:anotherOperation theName:recordName]; } }; CKDatabase *publicDatabase = [[CKContainer defaultContainer] publicCloudDatabase]; [publicDatabase addOperation:theOperation]; } When I run this code in the app I get no “XXXerror” from the NSLogs. I get the expected number of “XXXjust downloaded a” EventMessages (435) and Messages (594) and Links (15) but I get varying amounts, 100 or 400 or 500 “xxjust downloaded a” for the Notices when I should get 10,118 records. Thinking that 10,000 records is too much, if I alter “dateLastSynched” for Notices I still get only 100 or 200, not the expected number. Note that the number is always a multiple of 100. This seems to be consistent with the typical number of records I get on the CloudKit dashboard each time I tap “Query Records”.