I am unable to sign into my Apple account on a Golden Gate b1 VM. Thus, I'm unable to switch to the beta channel and upgrade this VM to the latest beta Golden Gate seed.
The error I get is:
Verification Failed
An unknown error occurred.
I've looked in Console.app for any clues and no luck so far.
Is this a known issue and is there a workaround?
Can you be more specific about how you’re testing this:
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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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The host is macOS 26.5. The guest is currently running 27.0 b1.
I'm using Tart as the VM app.
Initially I wasn't able to install the 27.0 beta due to the known incompatibilities between the 27.0 beta ipsw and macOS < 26.6, so I created this VM image by installing 27.0 beta on a spare Mac, then creating the VM there and moving it back to my production Macs.
Hmmm, I would expect that to work. There are expected consequences of moving the VM between machines — it changes the provisioning UDID — but that shouldn’t stop it from logging in to an Apple Account.
I just tried this here in my office and I’m also having problems, although it has different symptoms that what you’ve described. I’m gonna dig into this some more and get back to you.
In the meantime, however, I wanted to share one specific piece of advice: Make sure the Apple Account you’re using has two-factor authentication enabled. Based on my previous testing, that’s a requirement.
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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"
Yes, this account has a trusted phone number and I get the 2FA prompt when I sign into it in Safari.
A fresh install of 27.0 beta 4 on a 26.6 host results in the same problem. I tried to sign in as part of the VM install and through System Settings, with the same verification failed/unknown error result.
