In older versions of macOS, such as those predating Mac OS Sonoma, users had the ability to set the Lock Screen independently from their desktop wallpaper. However, with the introduction of Mac OS Sonoma, this feature seems to have been altered or removed altogether. Currently, there appears to be no option to set the Lock Screen image separately; instead, only changing the desktop wallpaper, changes the Lock Screen image. This change raises questions about whether it is a deliberate alteration in the setting flow or if it could potentially be a bug in the system. Users may wonder if this adjustment is intended to streamline the interface or if there are plans to reintroduce the ability to customize the Lock Screen image independently of the wallpaper in future updates.

Please help with the code to get version of specific installed app on iPhone. I am basically android developer and new to iOS development.Kindly help me.

created a custom PAM module following this and It works fine with etc/pam.d/sudo but doesn't work with etc/pam.d/authorization and etc/pam.d/login. sudo # sudo: auth account password session auth include sudo_local auth sufficient /usr/local/Cellar/cpam/1.0.0/lib/security/cpam.so auth sufficient pam_smartcard.so auth required pam_opendirectory.so account required pam_permit.so password required pam_deny.so session required pam_permit.so authorization # authorization: auth account auth sufficient /usr/local/Cellar/cpam/1.0.0/lib/security/cpam.so auth optional pam_krb5.so use_first_pass use_kcminit no_auth_ccache auth optional pam_ntlm.so use_first_pass auth sufficient pam_smartcard.so use_first_pass account required pam_opendirectory.so Is it even allowed to add a custom PAM to \etc\pam.d\login or etc\pam.d\authorization ? Is it possible to create a mechanism with custom logic and replace it withbuiltin:authenticate,privileged in system.login.console authorization right ? Note: I have also tried moving the .so file to /usr/lib/pam but it failed even after disabling SIP.

Good afternoon, After a long time of using of Macbook security popups with requesting access from apps start appearing For example today I opened vscode to work with nuxtjs and 3 popups appeared: vscode requests access to photos, calendar, contacts, desktop, icloud etc The same happens with PHPStorm. If I open terminal, the same things happen with terminal I haven't installed anything and haven't updated anything Then I decided to update the latest MacOS, thought that it may help, but it didn't help My questions are: How to fix that? All applications even terminal should not have such permission requests Is it a bug and it will be fixed in a patch? Why do these popups always appearing if I clicked Don't allow? OS: MacOs Sonoma 14.5 Mac book Pro 2019

I have an executable in macOS that I m launching as a User Agent. The same executable can be launched in multiple ways like either user can directly click the exe to launch it, or user can launch it from the terminal using ./ etc. One similar way is when the user launches the exe as a User Agent(i.e daemon in user session). In this scenarios, I want to identify in my exe If my user has launched it as agent to perform certain task. I wanted to know how can I accurately determine this? I have tried figuring out If there is some unique session that agents operate in, but I could not find anything. Can someone help here? Is this even possible?

Dear Apple experts, While I'm developing metal based fully immersive app, I found even if you enabled the foveated rendering like below: configuration.isFoveationEnabled = true; ... passDescriptor.rasterizationRateMap = cp_drawable_get_rasterization_rate_map(drawable, index); the rasterization rate map returned by the compositor service(cp_drawable_get_rasterization_rate_map) is always a static rasterization rate map which doesn't change at all however you roll your eyes. The static rasterization rate map looks something like below: As you can see the dense area of the dotted grids remains at the same place in these two pictures in which my eyes were always looking at the colourful cube. NOTE: After testing the foveated rendering works both in non fully immersive app and in the home screen(which I guess are RealityKit based apps) Could you help me solve this issue please? Many thanks Anning

I've read the definitive "Recording Private Data in the System Log" by @eskimo and the words at man 5 os_log and written code to, specifically, turn on "Enable-Private-Data" in my app. My application is a command line and I've configured Xcode to insert what I believe to be the appropriate incantations in an Info.plist file into the unstructured executable binary. When I run the app with Terminal, I see <private> output in the Console app where I expect values to be displayed in a public manner. Nothing I've read says that <key>Enable-Private-Data</key><true/> doesn't apply to command line apps, and my own understanding of the value of of the logging mechanism rejects that notion because logging is performed all over macOS, not just in a ***.app environment. A this point, I'm firmly convinced this unexpected behavior is of my own doing, but I have paused the search for my (probably embarrassing) mistake, to write this note because of a 1% doubt I'm wrong. I'd be very happy to receive the, expected, assurance that logging configuration via an embedded Info.plist in a command line app does influence logging behavior. With that assurance, I'll know it's my problem and I'll search/find/fix. On there way there, I'll create the simplest command line app that exhibits this anomaly -- which will likely reveal my error and, if not, it'll be fodder for a bug report. Embedding an Info.plist into a command line app is a tad out of the ordinary but I've done it before (using Xcode or SPM) to carry knowledge into a CLI via a mainBundle.infoDictionary .. and in the particular case described above, I've printed that infoDictionary to show the successful embedding, viz: . . . . "OSLogPreferences": { "com.ramsaycons" = { "DEFAULT-OPTIONS" = { "Enable-Private-Data" = 1; }; }; }, . . . . Sonoma 14.5 / Xcode 15.4 / MBP (Apple M1 Max)

i made a virtual machine with the help of the tutorial on the apple developer website running macos on my m2 macbook pro. I am wondering how I can integrate my mouse in the virtual machine instead of it being on top of the app.

Has anyone used satellite imagery on WatchOS 10? I am trying to set the mapStyle ... .mapStyle(.imagery(elevation: .automatic)) ... for the map and it doesn't seem to have any effect, the map is just the standard map style. The documentation for mapStyle indicates that it is available. Any help would be appreciated. Ultra 2, WatchOS 10.4, Xcode 15.3

I'm new to Networking, so forgive me if this is a silly question: In the sample code, Building a custom peer-to-peer protocol, TLS is configured as follows: // Create TLS options using a passcode to derive a pre-shared key. private static func tlsOptions(passcode: String) -> NWProtocolTLS.Options { let tlsOptions = NWProtocolTLS.Options() let authenticationKey = SymmetricKey(data: passcode.data(using: .utf8)!) var authenticationCode = HMAC<SHA256>.authenticationCode(for: "TicTacToe".data(using: .utf8)!, using: authenticationKey) let authenticationDispatchData = withUnsafeBytes(of: &authenticationCode) { (ptr: UnsafeRawBufferPointer) in DispatchData(bytes: ptr) } sec_protocol_options_add_pre_shared_key(tlsOptions.securityProtocolOptions, authenticationDispatchData as __DispatchData, stringToDispatchData("TicTacToe")! as __DispatchData) sec_protocol_options_append_tls_ciphersuite(tlsOptions.securityProtocolOptions, tls_ciphersuite_t(rawValue: TLS_PSK_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256)!) return tlsOptions } The sample code touts the connection as secure ("...uses Bonjour and TLS to establish secure connections between nearby devices"), but to my untrained eye it doesn't seem so. My reasoning is as follows: If I adapt this code as-is, so connections between two instances of my app use SymmetricKeys derived from the four-digit passcode, then wouldn't my encryption be easy to break by an adversary who sends 0000...9999 and records corresponding changes in the encryption, exposing my app to all sorts of attacks? The sample uses the passcode to validate the connection (host user shows client user the passcode, which is manually entered), which is a feature I would like to keep in some form or another, which is why this is causing so many headaches. Generally speaking, is there a way to secure a local peer-to-peer connection over Network.framework that doesn't involve certificates? If certificates are the only way, are there good resources you can recommend?

Hello, I am facing a passkey authentication during cross device authentication. After I called completeAssertionRequest with passkeyCredential, I am encountering the issue attach and I am unable to find where the RPID mismatch is coming from and referencing from. It would be great if I could know the source of where RPID hash (found). Thanks. Returned credential failed validation: Error Domain=com.apple.AuthenticationServicesCore.AuthorizationError Code=14 "RPID hash did not match expected value. Expected xMTokW1VIYg2DZVB9lCtheT+0n8NxHvx4HaxTPhH4bY=, found: eE1Ub2tXMVZJWWcyRFpWQjlsQ3RoZVQtMG44TnhIdng=." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=RPID hash did not match expected value. Expected xMTokW1VIYg2DZVB9lCtheT+0n8NxHvx4HaxTPhH4bY=, found: eE1Ub2tXMVZJWWcyRFpWQjlsQ3RoZVQtMG44TnhIdng=.}

can the example from Support external cameras in your iPadOS app work on IOS 17.5 Iphone 15PRO ? https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10106/

Dear developers, now that we have played with Vision Pro for 3 months, I am wondering why some features are missing on Vision Pro, especially some seem to be very basic/fundamental. So I would like to see if you know more about the reasons or correct me if I'm wrong! You are also welcome to share features that you think is fundamental, but missing on Vision Pro. My list goes below: (1) GPS/Compass: cost? heat? battery? (2) Moving image tracking: surrounding environment processing is already too computing intensive? (3) 3D object tracking: looks like only supported on iOS and iPadOS, but not visionOS (4) Does not invoke application focus/pause callback: maybe I'm wrong? But we were not able to detect if an app has been put on background or brought to foreground to invoke a callback

I'm experiencing an issue with WKWebView and localStorage. I've set up a standard WKWebView with the configuration: configuration.websiteDataStore = WKWebsiteDataStore.default() Everything works fine in the emulator (iOS 16.x, 17.0), but on my iPhone 13 running iOS 17.4, I encounter a problem. When I set a localStorage value on my local HTML page, navigate to another URL within the webview, and then return to the original page, the localStorage is cleared. This behavior is new and wasn't happening before. Has anyone else encountered this or have any suggestions on how to fix it? The localstorage should be persistent as it always has been.

Hi, With iOS-17.4 update, we are seeing AppProxy VPN not getting started when Apps (associated with PerAppVPN) tried to access network resource after MDM PerAppVPN profile install/update. Looks like PerApp rules associated with applayer vpn profile are broken after profile update/install as we see internet sites working without going through VPN (appProxy network extension), this start working if we toggle WiFi and then access network resource from Apps associated with PerAppVPN. Created FB13688086 with all the details for this iOS 17.4 and AppLayerVPN, looking for and update here and any feedback/pointers will help. Thanks

Hello，technologists！ I want to take screenshot in visionOS，but i dont know which API is applicative。Now，i try to use “RPScreenRecorder” ，but it‘s not work。And “UIScreen” is not supported by visionOS。

For apps with a login service, the App Review Guidelines require: The login option limits data collection to the user’s name and email address. The login option allows users to keep their email address private as part of setting up their account. The login option does not collect interactions with the app for advertising purposes without consent. I want to use Google Authentication using GIDSignIn pod as my sole authenticator, to avoid the hassle of dealing with username and password. Is it possible to configure GIDSignIn to adhere to these data collection requirements?

I built a custom binary which requires elevated privileges to execute. I wrote a launchd plist file and loaded it. On loading , the app is working as expected but lot of apps were corrupted. Apps like chrome, slack, zoom etc became un openable . Even my mouse right click stopped working. When I looked at the contents of the chrome in application directory it was missing few files. contents of chrome before launching my custom app -rw-r--r--@ 1 myusername admin 2556 May 14 16:49 CodeResources drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 15:59 Frameworks -rw-r--r--@ 1 myusername admin 11851 May 14 16:17 Info.plist drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 15:59 Library drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 16:17 MacOS -rw-r--r--@ 1 myusername admin 8 May 14 15:59 PkgInfo drwxr-xr-x@ 61 myusername admin 1952 May 14 15:59 Resources drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 16:17 _CodeSignature -rw-r--r--@ 1 myusername admin 12551 May 14 15:59 embedded.provisionprofile contents of chrome after launching my custom app drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 15:59 Frameworks drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 15:59 Library drwxr-xr-x@ 2 myusername admin 64 May 16 13:48 MacOS drwxr-xr-x@ 58 myusername admin 1856 May 16 13:48 Resources drwxr-xr-x@ 2 myusername admin 64 May 16 13:48 _CodeSignature my custom app plist file &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt; &lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"&gt; &lt;plist version="1.0"&gt; &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;Label&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;com.zzzz.xxxx&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;Program&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;/path/to/app&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;RunAtLoad&lt;/key&gt; &lt;true/&gt; &lt;/dict&gt; &lt;/plist&gt; If i run my custom app as a standalone process everything works as expected, no corruption or data loss. To restore the apps, I reinstalled them. But cant figure out why this is happening. Also not sure how to make secondary click work again. I tried with multiple mouses , same issue. Any help on this is appreciated.

I'm working on an Angular application that retrieves static data (JSON, MP3, and images) from a backend server, with a cache control response header set to Cache-Control: public, max-age=2592000. I expect these files to be served from either disk or memory cache after the initial request. However, in Safari, the browser sometimes fetches the data from the cache and other times makes a network call. This inconsistent behavior is particularly noticeable with MP3 files, whereas JSON and image files are consistently served from the cache as expected. I've tested this on multiple Safari versions and observed the same issue: Version 17.2 (19617.1.17.11.9) Version 17.1 (19616.2.9.11.7) Version 17.3 (19617.2.4.11.8) I confirmed that the "Disable Cache" option is not enabled in the developer tools, so the MP3 files should be cached. This functionality works correctly in Chrome and Firefox without any issues.

I've been asked to replace Flurry Analytics with Apple's Analytics Framework. I'm referring to runtime reporting of activity within the app itself... ie log event when various views are loaded or when certain buttons are pressed etc. All these log events are then uploaded and available for viewing by the app developer. I've never used or even heard of such a framework from Apple. I see a lot about Apple Analytics as an Appstoreconnect api for gathering sales and marketing data but nothing about the type of analytics i'm looking for. Any information about what is (or is not) available from Apple would be greatly appreciated. Thanks