What happens Since installing macOS 27.2 b2 (didn't go through b1, might have been there already), the Contacts app has become almost unusable on my two Macs. Opening a contact or moving to the next one often freezes the app for 8 to 10 seconds, with the spinning wheel. It happens many times in a row while browsing the address book. It comes back no matter what I try: restarting, letting iCloud resync the contacts, deleting and recreating cards. Once, it seemed to go away for a couple of minutes upon restarting, but it returned. Both Macs share the same iCloud account (~690 contacts): a MacBook Pro M4 Pro and a Mac mini M4, both on 27.2 b2 (26B5091g). Reported as FB24928119. Technical details All 18 Contacts_*.spin reports show the main thread blocked in CNCDContactFetcher withLockedContext_fetchPosterData, waiting on a synchronous XPC call to com.apple.contacts.poster.api. That service is postersyncd, which syncs Contact Posters. The kernel kills postersyncd with exceeded mem limit: InactiveHard 20 MB (fatal) at 30–35 MB. launchd relaunches it every ~10 s: 74 kills in 26 h on one Mac, 54 in 24 h on the other. log stream --level debug shows the same sequence on every relaunch: START: Background cleanup → Potential cleanup for missingLocalContactIdentifiers → FetchingContacts → killed within the same second. The cleanup never finishes, so it restarts forever. The poster store (group.com.apple.contacts/ContactsMetadata) is ~85 MB, with blobs of up to 9 MB each. The memory limit stays InactiveHard even while Contacts is frontmost. Moving the poster store aside doesn't help: iCloud rebuilds it in ~25 s. Posters deleted from iOS or iCloud.com get a deletion date but are never purged. Question: has anyone else seen this on 27.2 b2? Is there a way to reset the Contact Posters data stored in iCloud?

TL;DR Requesting a system-level iOS feature or API to prioritize background audio over foreground app interruptions for enhanced neurodivergent accessibility. Granular Audio Session Priority and Control Center Override For users who rely on parallel cognitive processing - such as neurodivergent individuals managing attention through sensory layering like jumping across apps - abrupt audio interruptions are deeply disruptive. One scenario - a user is deep in cognitive flow listening to audio via Apple Music. They then switch to Instagram to check a text or post as natural neurodivergent attention switching and a video automatically fires up audio and instantly cuts the track playing on Apple Music. Regaining the audio stream requires manual intervention and therefore a breaking of focus. Proposal - I would love and suggest a native iOS feature or Control Center overlay allowing users to define audio hierarchy across apps, e.g. by locking background media as primary; open for ideas of course. This may as well be useful in therapeutical setups to easily silence potential notifications of lower priority over audio media designed to sensorically set guidelines for a session. Scope - while potentially helpful to users in the audio engineering and music playing scene running third-party-apps like Ableton and such, the feature request is intended to assist a basic and non-teh-savvy iOS user. Technical Question - is there any undocumented or upcoming capability within ⁠AVAudioSession⁠ categories/modes that could allow a developer to gracefully intercept or suppress automatic audio ducking/interruption from third-party foreground apps? PS First post. Nothing similar found on the forum. Nice request. Would love feedback or a technical review on feasibility.

I’m seeing what looks very similar to Feedback ID FB24937933 on an iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 27.0.1. The two apps I can reproduce it most consistently with are Robinhood Banking 2.23.1 and Duolingo 7.142.0. Symptoms App opens to the splash/logo screen and hangs. After roughly 20 seconds, iOS kills it. Robinhood Banking briefly worked after forcing a sign-out and reauthentication, then the problem returned. Most other apps now work normally. Timeline I was on a Caribbean cruise Sept. 27–Oct. 2, including Jamaica and the Bahamas. I used ship Wi-Fi and different networks while in port. Robinhood Banking was still working while I was in the Bahamas. The issue started the day I got back, Oct. 2. At first, App Store updates were also hanging and not starting. Troubleshooting already done Normal restart and force restart Airplane Mode Wi-Fi only / cellular only Multiple unrelated Wi-Fi networks Separate mobile hotspot DNS changes, then back to Automatic No VPN Private Relay / Limit IP Address Tracking disabled for testing Checked app/location permissions Freed storage Fully deleted and reinstalled the affected apps Signed out/in where possible Reset network settings OTA iOS update attempted, but it sat on “Update Requested” for hours Updated successfully to iOS 27.0.1 through Windows Robinhood confirmed there is no account restriction Removed old trusted devices and fully reauthenticated Regular Robinhood works normally and the physical card still works Crash logs Both apps are being terminated with EXC_CRASH / SIGKILL / 0x8BADF00D. Robinhood shows a scene-create watchdog timeout after about 20 seconds. Duolingo’s watchdog event is slightly different, but the important part is that both apps’ main threads are blocked in the same path while iOS is setting up a background NSURLSession and waiting for a synchronous XPC response. That common stack across two unrelated apps is what makes this look system-level rather than app-specific. At this point I’ve reproduced it across different networks, after reinstalling the apps, after reauthentication, after a network reset, and after updating iOS through a computer. The cruise may be unrelated, but it’s the only major change immediately before this started. Has anyone found a way to reset or restart whatever iOS service handles background NSURLSession/XPC traffic without erasing the phone?

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Title: False "Cool Down" / Overheating Alert in Cold & AC Environments (iOS 27 / iOS 27.2 Beta) Device: iPhone 15 Pro (A17 Pro) OS: iOS 27 / iOS 27.2 Beta Body: I am reporting a persistent software sensor calibration bug specific to the iPhone 15 Pro. Issue Summary: The device triggers a false "Temperature / Cool Down Required" system alert specifically when moving into cold or air-conditioned (AC) environments, while operating 100% normally in warm ambient room temperatures. Key Observations & Version Testing: Environment Trigger: The thermal alert appears strictly upon cold transitions (micro-condensation/NTC sensor delta drop). Hardware Verification: I downgraded to stable iOS 26, and the issue COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED in both hot and cold environments. This confirms the physical NTC thermistors and hardware are fully operational. Regression: Updating back to iOS 27 and iOS 27.2 Beta immediately brought the issue back. It seems the NTC sensor readout logic / thermal governor algorithm in iOS 27 incorrectly registers sudden cold temperature drops as a thermal anomaly. Please flag this for the thermal QA team for the next iOS update.

Hi, I recently updated my ipjone 14 Pro with the 27.2 IOS update and, unfortunately, my phone became useless....I can nor access the internet (wi-fi) nor cellular data! Many apps stoped working...weather, whatsapp, instagram, ...etc Can anyone help me to solve this problem!? Thanks

Hey all, I've had an app in development for months, and it is nearly ready for release. Naturally, that's when I began creating developer accounts for the various platforms for publishing. Google and Microsoft were swift and painless, but I've been stalled with Apple for a week now. After completing all my identity verification steps, and seemingly on the verge of success, I was presented with this message instead: "There may be a problem with your account. Contact Apple Support." In the Developer app, this message appears: "Enrollment through the Apple Developer app is not available for this Apple Account. Visit [support URL]. Following these instructions, I contacted support. Over the past week, there have been two emails, one phone call request, and zero response. I am a Canadian national living in El Salvador as a permanent resident. The only identity document Apple would accept was my Canadian passport; my Salvadoran identity documents were rejected as "unrecognized." The rest of my documentation (proof of address, etc) is, naturally, Salvadoran, as I've lived here for years. This is my home. My best guess is that this discrepancy between nationality and location flagged something on the account, but I have no confirmation of that from Apple. Are there any recommendations as to how I can reach Apple support to get this resolved? I've done everything they've asked me to do, but there has been no response.

I’m very disappointed with my experience with Apple Developer and App Review. My app was supposed to be published between September 30 and October 1. For submission 4fe9a897-d64f-4757-b0d9-6e5ca0dab073, Apple contacted me on September 30 at 1:18 AM with the following request: “This app has been submitted by a developer account that has a limited App Review history. We need additional information to better understand the app and complete the review.” I provided all the requested information and replied at 1:41 AM on the same day, only 23 minutes later. Since then, I have received no approval, rejection, or request for additional information. My submission is simply stuck in review. This delay is directly affecting my project. I planned my launch around these dates, and I’m now losing the opportunity to monetize my app on iOS because I’m still waiting for Apple. What makes this even more frustrating is the difference in developer experience. I paid $25 for Google Play, and Google has been much faster and more supportive throughout the publishing process. With Apple, I’m paying $99 per year, but so far my experience has been slower and more difficult. I understand that App Review is important and that new developer accounts may require additional verification. However, after providing all the requested information immediately, I expected at least an update on the status of my submission. Could someone from Apple please help me understand what is happening with my review and whether anything else is required from me? I simply want to publish my project and start serving my iOS users.

Please, Apple, bring back walkie-talkie feature on Apple Watch. It is convenient and a great way to leave your phone home, make receive, and use walkie-talkie, and it was fun. Please bring it back. I’m not the only one asking for it to be brought back.

I am experiencing severe and repeatable battery drain on an iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 27.2 beta 2 (24B5089g). The issue has persisted across several days and multiple sysdiagnose captures. The phone is also noticeably warm during some of these periods. Battery health is currently 89%, with approximately 622 cycles. I have not found any BatteryPanicShutdown events or an obvious battery hardware failure in the sysdiagnose data. On October 2, I recorded the following: 99% battery at 09:00 84% at 09:59 60% at 10:59 48% at 12:00 29% at 12:59 22% at 13:23 That is a drop of 77 percentage points in 4h23, with approximately 3h10 of screen-on time. Maximum battery temperature during that period was approximately 40.4°C. PowerLog also shows repeated high instantaneous power samples: 26 samples above approximately 10 W maximum sampled value around 21 W I understand that these are instantaneous samples and not integrated energy measurements. One particularly interesting period happened while the display was suppressed: approximately 10:59–11:08 battery dropped from 60% to 58% calculated instantaneous power median around 2.1 W maximum around 2.65 W approximately 2 GB of outbound Wi-Fi traffic attributed to com.apple.nsurlsessiond between 11:02:54 and 11:07:55 only 3 TGI requests occurred during that period, with a combined duration of approximately 1.7 seconds Across the full 09:00–13:23 interval, PowerLog attributes approximately 8.6 GB of outbound Wi-Fi traffic to nsurlsessiond. Photos also shows significant network activity separately, but I cannot establish that all nsurlsessiond traffic belongs to Photos or iCloud. There is also persistent local inference activity. The ModelCatalog dump reports: IFP Enabled: false During the same morning period I counted approximately: 349 TGI requests ~4m20 combined TGI request duration 211 ANE model load events 207 ANE model unload events for com.apple.tgondeviceinferenceproviderservice_platform 179 load / 170 unload events for mediaanalysisd However, I do not think TGI alone explains the battery drain. On October 1, the TGI request rate was very similar (~83 requests/hour vs ~79 requests/hour on October 2), while the battery drain rate was different. Another important observation is that the phone can reach very low idle power consumption. Between approximately 05:00 and 09:00, with the display suppressed and after excluding the first 60 seconds following display transitions, the median calculated instantaneous power was around 0.06 W. This suggests the phone is capable of entering a low-power idle state, and the excessive drain appears to be episodic rather than permanent. For comparison, on October 1: 71% → 15% between 11:18 and 15:02 approximately 56 percentage points lost in 3h44 approximately 2h35 screen-on time maximum battery temperature around 38°C 309 TGI requests during the interval The workload was different on both days, so I am not treating this as a controlled comparison. I have several complete sysdiagnose archives available from the affected periods and can provide specific PowerLog queries or additional logs if useful. I am currently planning to restore the phone to the latest public iOS release and configure it as a new iPhone to determine whether the behaviour is specific to this beta installation/state. Has anyone seen similar behaviour on iPhone 16 Pro or iOS 27 / 27.2 beta, particularly involving: unusually high background nsurlsessiond traffic repeated ANE/TGI model loading and unloading severe battery drain despite normal low-power idle behaviour recurring heating without a BatteryPanicShutdown or obvious battery hardware fault

My iPhone 17 became practically unusable after installing the iOS 27.2 beta. After charging it to 85%, it doesn't even make it through a single night anymore. Yesterday at around 10:00 PM the battery was at about 80%, and by 5:00 AM it had dropped to just 9%. I expected this kind of battery drain to last no more than a day due to indexing and post-update background processing, but the issue has persisted for a good three days now. In fact, you can literally watch the battery percentage dropping before your eyes. I understand that installing beta software comes with risks, but I'm genuinely disappointed by this situation and hope that the next update arrives soon. At the moment, it's a disaster. The phone is essentially connected to a charger almost all the time.

I’m using the new Preview app on an iPhone running iOS 27 with a multi-page PDF that contains selectable text. Apple’s Preview guide says PDF text search is supported: open the PDF, tap Search, type a word/phrase, and use previous/next match arrows. But I cannot find a Search/Find control anywhere. I checked: • The visible top toolbar • The filename dropdown (it only shows Duplicate, Move, Rename, Export, and Print) • The **- - - ** menu • The bottom toolbar Has anyone found the actual Find in PDF control in the current iPhone Preview interface? If it is missing for you too, please include your iPhone model and exact iOS 27 version/build.

When a text field on Apple Watch is filled through the iPhone's remote keyboard, text that I PASTE into the iPhone field is displayed correctly on the iPhone but arrives EMPTY on the watch. Typing the same text character by character works fine. This happens in both secure (password) fields and regular text fields, so it doesn't look like a password-field restriction. Steps to reproduce On the watch, open a text field (I tested a password field and a regular one). Open the keyboard on the iPhone when prompted. Copy a short test string (e.g. "test12345") from another app. Paste it into the iPhone field. The iPhone shows the text. Confirm on the watch. Expected: the watch receives the pasted text. Actual: the watch field receives empty input. What I tried Typing the string by hand: arrives correctly. Pasting in a secure field: arrives empty. Pasting in a regular field: arrives empty. Environment iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 27.0 [confirm current version] Apple Watch Ultra 2, watchOS 27.2 (24S5091f) MacBook Pro (M1), macOS 27.2 Has anyone else seen this? Any workaround other than typing the text manually would be appreciated.

While testing the watchOS 27 beta, I noticed that the standalone Walkie-Talkie app has been removed from the system. Walkie-Talkie has always been a great, lightweight way to stay connected. Much like Digital Touch, it’s one of those quick, low-friction features that makes the watch feel uniquely personal for communication throughout the day. I am really hoping its absence is just a temporary beta omission rather than a permanent retirement of the feature. I have already submitted a request via Feedback Assistant asking the engineering team to consider keeping it in the final release. If you also rely on this app for quick wrist-to-wrist updates, I highly recommend submitting your own feedback ticket to let the team know there is still an active user base for it. (FB23040695) Has anyone else ran into this or found an official note from Apple regarding its removal in the release notes? Hopefully, we will see it return before the public release this fall. Over and out!

If you're on an Intel Mac, here's the reason and the fix. Cost me an evening, and I found nothing online except closed bug reports with the same symptom. The problem: The browser flow works fine. You authorize, the page confirms, Xcode acts like nothing happened, no error anywhere. Xcode only downloads the Apple Silicon (arm64) build of its agent binaries. On Intel they can't run at all. The process meant to receive your login dies instantly with "bad CPU type in executable" and Xcode never surfaces it. Check if this is you: file ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/CodingAssistant/Agents/claude/*/claude If it says arm64 and your Mac is Intel, that's the problem. The fix: Open the Info.plist next to the binary. It has the exact download URL. Download the x64 build of the same version. → Claude: change darwin-arm64 to darwin-x64 in that URL. → Codex: grab codex-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz from the matching rust-v release on GitHub. Replace the binary and make it executable: chmod 755 Update the checksum in Info.plist. It's a plain SHA-512: shasum -a 512 Restart Xcode and sign in again. Bonus (Claude Pro / Max) Run claude setup-token in Terminal, then add the token to: ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/CodingAssistant/ClaudeAgentConfig/settings.json {"env": {"CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN": "your-token"}} Pick "Authenticate with Configuration File" in the agent menu. Runs on your subscription no API key. Heads up: an Xcode update can re-download the wrong binary, so you may have to repeat this until Apple fixes the architecture detection.

I’m looking for advice from anyone who has gone through the process of converting an Apple Developer account to an Organization / Company account. I’ve been trying to convert my account for organization and the process has been taking much longer than expected. Apple initially requested documentation to verify both the business and my authority to act on behalf of the company. So far, I have already provided or prepared everything they ask for. At this point, I’ve been waiting for 9 days without much clarity on whether my documents are sufficient

Messages had its stickiness in previous OS versions, but now with Mojave, I'm experiencing more hangs than previously.Anyone else's experience?much obliged

I inherited an App which was pulled of the AppStore some time ago. I want to revive the project as I am convinced that there’s an interest in it. I am not experienced in iOS development, let alone UIKit (or Swift). Project has been setup as a non-public GIT repo. The project needs to stay non-profit. MIT license. I have a domain where I will host the web page for help etc. All non-profit! About: UIKit with reference to add’l framework for mathematical calculations (a nice fellow from this community helped me out on this :). former name Multiplans (Internet Archives still has the old webpage). navigation app using exclusively offline maps. very basic functionality, focus on the important stuff while you’re exploring the outdoors. POI/Track management. lots of map formats supported. Todo: maintenance, replace deprecated functions. a few minor bugs. implement a couple of functions in track management (like splitting track segments).

Why is the new Siri on iPhone 18 so bad? A simple request to play a song on Spotify is constantly met with something completely random. Not to mention the constant lagging on Apple CarPlay!