Hi all, For context, the Family Controls entitlement request (for the Personal Device Management category/individual use case) includes the question: Will your app share device or usage data beyond the individual for the individual use case, or Family Sharing for the parent/guardian use case, including through means such as screenshots, screen recordings, or server logging? I'm looking for clarification on how to interpret this. I originally answered Yes and was rejected, then later answered No and was accepted. Ideally, I would like my screen time management app to allow users to opt-in to social features. One simple example is opting into a leaderboard with your friends for who has the lowest screen time. If the user installed this app for themself and chooses to share this basic data with their friends, it sounds like an ethical and unproblematic feature but I suppose storing that data would fall under "server logging"? If anyone has any experience with this, I would appreciate a more explicit description of the requirement above. Is what I described allowed? Thanks for reading!

My application needs local network access. When it is started for the first time, the user gets a prompt to enable local network access (as expected). The application is then shown as enabled in Privacy & Security / Local Network and local network access is working. If macOS is then shutdown and restarted, local network access is blocked for the application even though it is still shown as enabled in Privacy & Security / Local Network. Local network access can be restored either by toggling permission off and on in Privacy & Security / Local Network or by disabling and enabling Wi-Fi. This behaviour is consistent on Sequoia 15.1. It happens sometimes on 15.0 and 15.0.1 but not every time. Is my application doing something wrong or is this a Sequoia issue? If it is a Sequoia issue, is there some change I can make to my application to work around it?

We received a rejection today based on an invalid PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file. It contained one extra space character was somehow added to a value field. Is there a tool that can check the validity of our PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy files?

Hello everyone! I am having troubles launching my application as Apple keep rejecting it based on Objectifiable Content 1.1.1. My app allows users post events and add car plates to the event and even a photo, to announce that one car has been hit in the parking lot or it's been towed or any other useful usecase that one might one to be aware of about his vehicles. Apple reviewd my app and gave me multiple indications, not to show car plates in the UI, and not even in the pictures. In order to be complient with the GDPR, and any other safety & privacy concerns, I have censored all plates in UI, I have added a functionality that car plates (and faces) are blured in the photos, so basically everything is anonnymised and secured. After this, I was hoping that Apple will approve my app, but here's the unexpected: I still get rejected for 1.1.1 as "posting and collecting plate number information can be defamatory and mean-spirited". Even if I tried to explain them multiple times, I get "robot" responses such as "As I understand your position, we still find your app not complient with 1.1.1" etc. and to review my "app concept" so basically what they are saying is that the only problem remaining with my app si basically....my app. I am really frustrated because on Android the app is already launched and I cannot believe that I am being stuck with it on iOS :( Please help me understand better what can I do. I asked them a last question, If I would implement something like : Admin approval required on each user post, so moderators will need to manually approve posts, so then I will have full annonymisation + full control on what posts are going to reach the news feed, but I got a response like " We cannot review features or concepts" .....

In the past, I used to ping my iPhone‘s local IP address via UDP. If local network permissions were not enabled, it would return an error. If they were enabled, it would return success, which I used to determine whether my app had local network permissions enabled. Now, with iOS 18, it seems to not work anymore. Regardless of whether local network permissions are enabled, pinging the iPhone‘s local IP address always returns success. Is there any other good method to check this permission status? Case-ID: 9934335

We develop and test App for macOS. We start to see system alert - "UlTests-Runner" would like to access data from other apps on each UITest run. Our test suite does cleanup of files generated by App so we need access outside of UITests-Runner sandbox. We enabled Full Disk Access for UITests-Runner at Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Full Disk Access but unfortunately still see this alert. Is there any way to permanently remove/hide this alert or remove sandbox for 'UITests-Runner' since we want to run tests on CI and having this alert is not an option? Note: everything works fine on previous versions of macOS. Environment: macOS - 15.1 (24B83) Xcode - Version 16.1 (16B40)

I'm looking at a case where a handler for NSWindowDidBecomeMain gets the NSWindow* from the notification object and verifies that window.isVisible == YES, window.windowNumber > 0 and window.screen != nil. However, window.windowNumber is missing from the array [NSWindow windowNumbersWithOptions: NSWindowNumberListAllSpaces] and from CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo( kCGWindowListOptionOnScreenOnly, kCGNullWindowID ), how can that be? The window number is in the array returned by CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo( kCGWindowListOptionAll, kCGNullWindowID ). I'm seeing this issue in macOS 15, maybe 14, but not 13.

We noticed a change in the page Adding a privacy manifest to your app or third-party SDK that adds a deadline of November 12 past which invalid manifests will not be allowed in store submissions. Does this mean we can no longer use old versions of third-party SDKs which lack a manifest? (The ones that were allowed because we had already shipped with them.)

The first time my application opened the app on macos15, after I enabled the LNP, my app could access the local network (a socket service was opened locally), but when I restarted the computer and opened the APP again, I could not access the local network at this time, why? Solution :1. Disable and enable the LNP or 2. Reinstall the app

Hi, I have recently encountered an app with some odd behaviour and wanted to clarify some details about the way sandboxing works with iOS apps installed on a Mac. I am unsure whether this is due to a misunderstanding of system behaviour or whether this is a bug. The app was installed from the Mac App Store, designed for iPad. The developer of the app informed me that in lieu of a sign-in process, the app tries to persistently store a UUID of the user on the device so that when the app is deleted and reinstalled, the user is automatically logged in again. The developer says that two mechanisms are being used: 1) NSUserDefaults (via Flutter shared prefs) and 2) identifierForVendor. In the case of 1), my understanding is that these are managed by cfprefsd. Using the 'defaults domain' command, the domain of the app appears. However, there are no keys or values stored. Using the 'defaults write' and 'defaults read' and 'defaults delete' commands on that bundle identifier works as expected, but since it starts out empty, it cannot be read or deleted. Furthermore, the app's data is supposed to be sandboxed in /Library/Containers. When the app is uninstalled from Launchpad, I have confirmed that the folder is missing. When reinstalled, the app's settings and data are missing, but crucially, the cloud identifier is still persistent and is evident after 'setup'. In the case of 2), the developer documentation states that identifierForVendor changes when all apps from a developer have been removed from a device. The app in question is the only app that was installed from this developer, so logically this identifier should have changed when the app was deleted and reinstalled. I have confirmed that iCloud drive is not being used to store this data as there is no data in iCloud for this app. In any case, when the app is uninstalled and reinstalled, the app automatically logs the user into the "account" it was previously logged into, along with all of that user's data in the cloud. I have a sense that this type of persistent identifier tracking is what sandboxing was meant to address, but I am unsure why I have been unable to remove the UUID tag from my system. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

My application allows to upload photo logs and assign it to a person only by uploading images from camera. In the process it asks for camera and geolocation permissions. At this moment it doesn't do much. Why could this be happening? Guideline 5.1.1 - Legal - Privacy - Data Collection and Storage The app collects information from various public sources to build individual profiles. Next Steps To resolve this issue, please remove any feature that attempts to build individual profiles based on collected public data.

Starting from macOS 15 (macOS Sequoia), a new pop-up is triggered: “Local Network Privacy.” We have some questions regarding this new pop-up on MacOS: Question 1: If a launchd daemon invokes a command-line tool, will this tool trigger the local network prompt if it attempts to access the network? We use a launchd daemon which runs in root context and is started from /Library/LanuchDaemons/ Question 2: How will this prompt work across various macOS executables? I have read other developer forum articles and the https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/663858 - Local Network Privacy FAQ. The responses are a little unclear and any insight into these questions would be very helpful with this new requirements.

Hello, I am setting up macMinis as CI machines (using gitlab-runner) for my team. We are developing mostly audio stuff, and some of our unit tests imply using audio inputs with AVAudioSession/AVAudioEngine. These CI jobs trigger a microphone authorization pop-up on the macMinis, asking for permission to give gitlab-runner access to the microphone. Once the authorization is given, subsequent jobs run fine. My issue is that the macMinis are updated on a regular basis with scripts, and since the path of the gitlab-runner binary, installed with homebrew, changes on every version, the pop-up is triggered again every time gitlab-runner gets updated. Since we are having more and more CI runners, maintaining this manually is becoming impossible. Is there a way to either deactivate this security or scripting the authorization for a binary to access the microphone? Thank you for your help! Tom

After declaring NSNearbyInteractionUsageDescription in accordance with the official documentation, a permission prompt used to appear asking if the user wants to allow Nearby Interaction permissions. Additionally, I could see two related permissions in the app’s settings. This behavior was working correctly on iOS 17. However, after upgrading to iOS 18, the permission prompt no longer appears upon reinstalling the app, and the related settings are no longer visible in the app settings. I would like to confirm if there are any additional configurations required for iOS 18 to make Nearby Interaction permissions function as expected. Thank you very much for your assistance. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/nearbyinteraction/initiating-and-maintaining-a-session ios 17: visable, ios 18 : gone

Hello, I have a command line application that uses iTunesLibrary to "save" the state of what I have listened to. I have it run every night via a LaunchAgent. You can see the source here: https://github.com/bolsinga/itunes_json Prior to Sequoia it would run nightly. I'd just have to grant it access to the Music library once, and it would be fine thereafter. However with Sequoia it requires UI interaction to grant it access every time. This makes it no longer run unattended overnight, defeating its purpose. I have the console logs of when this happens. You can see it in my issue tracking it here: https://github.com/bolsinga/itunes_json/issues/410 One thing that makes me wonder is that it is a command line application, not a bundle. How do I make a command line application get access to MusicKit / iTunesLibrary, and keep it thereafter? I'd like to get my pre-Sequoia behavior back. I've filed FB15592660 too. I've granted it access to run in the background, as well as access to my Music library (please see attached screenshots). AMPLibraryAgent 10:48:29.489944-0700 xpc Connection from framework client invalidated pid:57606 clientname:iTunesLibrary(itunes_json) AMPLibraryAgent 10:48:29.492763-0700 service Unloading domains(14) for ClientID:iTunesLibrary(itunes_json)-1229 previous open:15 new open:1 itunes_json 10:48:59.980864-0700 connection [0x157f05800] activating connection: mach=true listener=false peer=false name=com.apple.amp.library.framework tccd 10:48:59.982568-0700 access AUTHREQ_ATTRIBUTION: msgID=1795.214, attribution={accessing={TCCDProcess: identifier=itunes_json, pid=57652, auid=501, euid=501, binary_path=/Users/bolsinga/Applications/itunes_json/Products/usr/local/bin/itunes_json}, requesting={TCCDProcess: identifier=com.apple.AMPLibraryAgent, pid=1795, auid=501, euid=501, binary_path=/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AMPLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Support/AMPLibraryAgent}, }, tccd 10:48:59.982651-0700 access requestor: TCCDProcess: identifier=com.apple.AMPLibraryAgent, pid=1795, auid=501, euid=501, binary_path=/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AMPLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Support/AMPLibraryAgent is checking access for accessor TCCDProcess: identifier=itunes_json, pid=57652, auid=501, euid=501, binary_path=/Users/bolsinga/Applications/itunes_json/Products/usr/local/bin/itunes_json tccd 10:48:59.995636-0700 access AUTHREQ_SUBJECT: msgID=1795.214, subject=/Users/bolsinga/Applications/itunes_json/Products/usr/local/bin/itunes_json, tccd 10:48:59.996283-0700 access -[TCCDAccessIdentity staticCode]: static code for: identifier /Users/bolsinga/Applications/itunes_json/Products/usr/local/bin/itunes_json, type: 1: 0xc00341b00 at /Users/bolsinga/Applications/itunes_json/Products/usr/local/bin/itunes_json tccd 10:49:00.018205-0700 access Failed to match existing code requirement for subject /Users/bolsinga/Applications/itunes_json/Products/usr/local/bin/itunes_json and service kTCCServiceMediaLibrary cdhash H"6bc380972f4df49b337a2a05308fb7b98fbe6473" or cdhash H"0708bcaabbfbab8770522050f7e2642d4d864f31" cdhash H"6bc380972f4df49b337a2a05308fb7b98fbe6473" or cdhash H"0708bcaabbfbab8770522050f7e2642d4d864f31" tccd 10:49:00.018997-0700 access AUTHREQ_PROMPTING: msgID=1795.214, service=kTCCServiceMediaLibrary, subject=Sub:{/Users/bolsinga/Applications/itunes_json/Products/usr/local/bin/itunes_json}Resp:{TCCDProcess: identifier=itunes_json, pid=57652, auid=501, euid=501, binary_path=/Users/bolsinga/Applications/itunes_json/Products/usr/local/bin/itunes_json}, AMPLibraryAgent 10:49:02.489170-0700 xpc ampld> register framework ClientName:iTunesLibrary(itunes_json) tccd 10:49:02.488189-0700 events Publishing <TCCDEvent: type=Create, service=kTCCServiceMediaLibrary, identifier_type=Path, identifier=/Users/bolsinga/Applications/itunes_json/Products/usr/local/bin/itunes_json> to 4 subscribers: { 633 = "<TCCDEventSubscriber: token=633, state=Initial, csid=(null)>"; 628 = "<TCCDEventSubscriber: token=628, state=Passed, csid=com.apple.chronod>"; 464 = "<TCCDEventSubscriber: token=464, state=Passed, csid=com.apple.cloudd>"; 513 = "<TCCDEventSubscriber: token=513, state=Passed, csid=com.apple.photolibraryd>"; } AMPLibraryAgent 10:49:02.490391-0700 xpc ampld> registered framework ClientName:iTunesLibrary(itunes_json) with clientID:1230 itunes_json 10:49:02.792084-0700 connection [0x147e04340] activating connection: mach=true listener=false peer=false name=com.apple.amp.artworkd itunes_json 10:49:02.801482-0700 <Missing Description> openDatabase 0xe4af30f4493e5ef5 artwork folder Y '<private>' itunes_json 10:49:02.805087-0700 <Missing Description> openDatabase 0xf2db6e8d7672edc9 artwork folder Y '<private>' itunes_json 10:49:02.806736-0700 <Missing Description> openDatabase 0xfb2acd898c951851 artwork folder Y '<private>' itunes_json 10:49:02.813286-0700 <Missing Description> openDatabase 0xf0f4919c5ff0e88 artwork folder Y '<private>' itunes_json 10:49:09.634928-0700 connection [0x600002b6a0d0] activating connection: mach=true listener=false peer=false name=com.apple.cfprefsd.daemon itunes_json 10:49:09.635019-0700 connection [0x600002b78000] activating connection: mach=true listener=false peer=false name=com.apple.cfprefsd.agent AMPLibraryAgent 10:49:12.382878-0700 xpc Connection from framework client invalidated pid:57652 clientname:iTunesLibrary(itunes_json) AMPLibraryAgent 10:49:12.383474-0700 service Unloading domains(14) for ClientID:iTunesLibrary(itunes_json)-1230 previous open:15 new open:1 itunes_json.log

In the development environment, if I disable and then enable the Network Connection permission to my app in the Setting on my device, my app is denied the network connection permission permanently. The error message is The Internet connection appears to be offline. Please advise me what to do.

For those incorporated and not incorporated this becomes a buffet of contact information for fraudsters to scrape from Apple. So much for privacy. We should just the drop the EU from the AppStore all together because I won be putting that information out there.

the app in ipad can not connect to tcp server in the same local network. libinfo check path: unsatisfied (Local network prohibited) reproduce steps: I update my ipad to iapd iOS/18.0 install the app make the app connect to tcp server in the windows which is in the same local network. the ipad trigger Local Network privacy alert I tap the allow button, I check the toggle of Local Network privacy is on as well I try to make the app connect to tcp server in the windows again, but can not connect to tcp server, the ipad system log: nw_path_libinfo_path_check [8F864AB4-C5E1-488D-B396-ECEC2F3FB77E IPv4#0423cc45:9520 tcp, legacy-socket, attribution: developer] libinfo check path: unsatisfied (Local network prohibited), interface: en0[802.11], ipv4, uses wifi 7. I try to make the app connect to tcp server in other windows. It connects successful. the ipad system log: nw_path_libinfo_path_check [C84DC25A-5A14-4080-ABAA-10ED24AE2D6D IPv4#7df62769:9520 tcp, legacy-socket, attribution: developer] libinfo check path: satisfied (Path is satisfied), interface: en0[802.11], ipv4, dns, uses wifi So please apple developer help investigate why the app can not connect to the tcp sever in the same local network, even though the toggle of local network permission is on in ipad os 18

Hi, I just updated my machine to macOS 15, and while developing and running my app (with Xcode), I keep getting messages about my app "would like to access data from other apps". This happens even from Xcode Previews, so it's pretty annoying. My production app doesn't seem to be affected by this problem; the system prompt just pops when running the debug version. I came across something about App Groups in macOS and how something has changed in macOS15 regarding system permissions. I use the "group.***" prefix in my macOS app, without the team prefix. Is that the problem here? But why is my production app working fine, but the development app is triggering the prompt repeatedly? Would love any feedback or workarounds. Thanks.

Hi, our IOS App will use the OpenSSL library for a secure websocket communication with network devices. As far as i have understood we need to provide "Export compliance documentation" because we are using "standard encryption algorithm instead of, or in addition to, using or accessing the encryption within Apple's OS". But the documentation here does not indicate that we need to provide anything. Independently of that, the App needs to include a Privacy Manifest, right ? How does that look like ? Thanks in advance