how to solve "Verification Failed! There was an erro connecting to the Apple ID server"?

Hello, is it anyone here ( or on this planet ) that can help with this issue on Catalina Mac OS 10.15.5 Beta 3 (19F72f).I am using MacBook Pro 16 inches. 😟

On wake from sleep the Mac Studio's Desktop picture is shown in actual resolution instead of stretched to fit screen. For example, a picture which is 2059 × 1371 is shown at that resolution on a 5K Retina screen and so only fills about 60% of the screen area. It starts with the picture positioned in the top left corner but sometimes moves down the screen. This behaviour does not change if the screen is scaled up or down – the picture size is also scaled. Notice that icons on the Desktop are displayed in the correct position. At the same time, the Dock is shown at the bottom of the picture instead of at the bottom of the screen. Usually, the Desktop redisplays correctly. But increasingly, the only solution is to log out and in again. This might be related to my other question on the Desktop picture Pref Pane. See attached example which is a full screen capture i.e. command-shift-3 (with my personal details obscured):

Open an existing contact Click Edit —> Add Birthday Select Date and Save Close the contact app Come back to the same contact, the birthday is gone.

Mac users often ask whether they should install "anti-virus" software. The answer usually given on ASC is "no." The answer is right, but it may give the wrong impression that there is no threat from what are loosely called "viruses." There is a threat, and you need to educate yourself about it. This is a comment on what you should—and should not—do to protect yourself from malicious software ("malware") that circulates on the Internet and gets onto a computer as an unintended consequence of the user's actions. It does not apply to software, such as keystroke loggers, that may be installed deliberately by an intruder who has hands-on access to the computer, or who has been able to log in to it remotely. That threat is in a different category, and there's no easy way to defend against it. The comment is long because the issue is complex. The key points are in sections 5, 6, and 10. OS X now implements three layers of built-in protection specifically against malware, not counting runtime protections such as execute disable, sandboxing, system library randomization, and address space layout randomization that may also guard against other kinds of exploits. 2. All versions of OS X since 10.6.7 have been able to detect known Mac malware in downloaded files, and to block insecure web plugins. This feature is transparent to the user. Internally Apple calls it "XProtect." The malware recognition database used by XProtect is automatically updated; however, you shouldn't rely on it, because the attackers are always at least a day ahead of the defenders. The following caveats apply to XProtect: ☞ It can be bypassed by some third-party networking software, such as BitTorrent clients and Java applets. ☞ It only applies to software downloaded from the network. Software installed from a CD or other media is not checked. As new versions of OS X are released, it's not clear whether Apple will indefinitely continue to maintain the XProtect database of older versions such as 10.6. The security of obsolete system versions may eventually be degraded. Security updates to the code of obsolete systems will stop being released at some point, and that may leave them open to other kinds of attack besides malware. 3. Starting with OS X 10.7.5, there has been a second layer of built-in malware protection, designated "Gatekeeper" by Apple. By default, applications and Installer packages downloaded from the network will only run if they're digitally signed by a developer with a certificate issued by Apple. Software certified in this way hasn't necessarily been tested by Apple, but you can be reasonably sure that it hasn't been modified by anyone other than the developer. His identity is known to Apple, so he could be held legally responsible if he distributed malware. That may not mean much if the developer lives in a country with a weak legal system (see below.) Gatekeeper doesn't depend on a database of known malware. It has, however, the same limitations as XProtect, and in addition the following: ☞ It can easily be disabled or overridden by the user. ☞ A malware attacker could get control of a code-signing certificate under false pretenses, or could simply ignore the consequences of distributing codesigned malware. ☞ An App Store developer could find a way to bypass Apple's oversight, or the oversight could fail due to human error. Apple has so far failed to revoke the codesigning certificates of some known abusers, thereby diluting the value of Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. These failures don't involve App Store products, however. For the reasons given, App Store products, and—to a lesser extent—other applications recognized by Gatekeeper as signed, are safer than others, but they can't be considered absolutely safe. "Sandboxed" applications may prompt for access to private data, such as your contacts, or for access to the network. Think before granting that access. Sandbox security is based on user input. Never click through any request for authorization without thinking. 4. Starting with OS X 10.8.3, a third layer of protection has been added: a "Malware Removal Tool" (MRT). MRT runs automatically in the background when you update the OS. It checks for, and removes, malware that may have evaded the other protections via a Java exploit (see below.) MRT also runs when you install or update the Apple-supplied Java runtime (but not the Oracle runtime.) Like XProtect, MRT is effective against known threats, but not against unknown ones. It notifies you if it finds malware, but otherwise there's no user interface to MRT. 5. The built-in security features of OS X reduce the risk of malware attack, but they are not, and never will be, complete protection. Malware is a problem of human behavior, and a technological fix is not going to solve it. Trusting software to protect you will only make you more vulnerable. The best defense is always going to be your own intelligence. With the possible exception of Java exploits, all known malware circulating on the Internet that affects a fully-updated installation of OS X 10.6 or later takes the form of so-called "****** horses," which can only have an effect if the victim is duped into running them. The threat therefore amounts to a battle of wits between you and the scam artists. If you're smarter than they think you are, you'll win. That means, in practice, that you always stay within a safe harbor of computing practices. Malware defence By Linc Davis - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6460085

hi. I have a MacPro 2019, and I'm running Monterey at the moment. I have three screens. Two 4k screens, and a XDR in the center of them. My MacPro 2019 boots with the left screen showing the startup and login screen. I've previously had it boot to my XDR before the others. I'm not entirely sure why it moved to the left, but I need it back on the center screen. We used to just drag a happy mac icon from screens in the displays system preference. I don't see any method to change this startup and login screen. How do I choose the permanent bootup and startup screen (as my XDR!). Thanks. Dave

Hello, everyone, I hope you're all doing well. I'm facing an unfortunate issue with my Apple Developer Program membership that was suddenly terminated. I received a generic email from Apple, stating that my membership was revoked, but no specific reason was provided for this action. I appealed the decision, offering all possible explanations and commitments to adhere to guidelines, only to be met with a reply stating that the decision is "final" and no subsequent appeals will be processed. Has anyone here faced a similar situation? Are there any steps that can be taken to understand the reason for termination when Apple doesn't disclose it? Is there a way to open a dialogue with Apple, even when they've stated that their decision is final? Would publicizing this issue through social media or blogs be advisable? This is a particularly trying time for us, as we are recovering from a recent earthquake and our app is our sole source of income. Any insights, advice, or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read my post. We don't violate any apple's policies... any information would be welcome. Best regards,

[posted January 30, 2024] Earlier this month, Apple Classical appeared as an app in CarPlay. Hallelujah!!! Three days later it disappeared after another update, apparently because all it did when activated via CarPlay was crash. OK, it was an oopsie (I get it. I spent 30 years in IT, and, well, it happens. They’re called “undocumented features”). Thing is: Apple hasn’t breathed a word about this event at all. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zippo. Zilch. There’s a huge pent-up audience for this app in CarPlay. Is it coming? Please? Oh please oh please oh please?

We are implementing Sign Up with Apple ID and facing the following issue: Email is returned only on the first response. All subsequent responses for this user do not return email. But our system is email-driven. So, if user first signs up on our TST environment then we will not be able to Sign up this user on UAT and Prod without an email in response. Could anyone please advise how to approach this problem.

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I paid for my developer account on the 13th of June 2024 (1 week ago). My ID was approved. However, I still don't have access to the account. When I go to check the status of it, it is asking me to pay again. I then tried to email the team, however only received useless, timewasting responses, such as "Please go to developer.apple.com/enroll to enroll for an apple dev account", which I already told them prompts me to pay again and verify my ID again. I then tried to call them, and they said they had to re-verify my ID and would call me back in 10 mins, but I never received a call back. I also couldn't call them again because it wouldn't let me request another call from them. I then emailed them, but still haven't received a response. The next day I tried to request another call from them, during their opening hours at Thursday 4pm AEST, (they are open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm AEST see https://developer.apple.com/support/worldwide-telephone-hours/) however it still says that "Phone support is currently unavailable". I tried to email them but now I am getting no responses at all. I tried to contact the apple support through the iMessage chat, however I was only put on call with a lady who was helpful, but couldn't even do anything as she was only generic support. She couldn't even schedule me a call or transfer me to the developer team, even though it was within their working and calling/support hours. I have tried to refund my developer account, but apparently that purchase is "illegible for a refund". This is the treatment I get from apple for paying $100 USD. An entire week of being left on blank. I don't know what to do. I paid 100 bucks for an account which I can't even use, and the support hasn't helped me for an entire week. My emails being left on blank, and I can't even call them. If anyone from apple or anyone that could help me sees this, please contact me ASAP at makrypodisc@ hotmail.com or reply to this thread. Thank you.

My Iphone is connected to the car via wireless carplay. Technically, the onboarding works via bluetooth, then via the car's hotspot (SSID from the car). I have noticed that an SSID appears under the "known networks" that has no name. The SSID can no longer be deleted, not even with a network reset on the Iphone. I asked my car dealer if he could reproduce the problem with his Iphone and another car. And he can! So it's not my device, it's an Apple problem. To be precise: The fact that you can no longer delete the SSID is Apple's problem, why the car stores an SSID without a name on the Iphone when connecting is possibly the problem of the car manufacturer. Here are a few more screens on this case.

Too many irrelevant posts come up when I attempt to search for something. There should be an easy button or something to earmark posts as something irrelevant- something that shouldn't come up in a search. I'm looking for something in Xcode 15 and frequently the top posts in the search are 10 years old and don't have any relevance whatsoever to the solution to my problem.

In iOS 18 beta 5 version, setting the conversion to NSAttributedString using [.documentType: NSAttributedString.DocumentType.html] occasionally causes crashes The same issue was encountered in previous versions. However, after running the code on the main thread, it no longer crashed. But after upgrading to the iOS 18 beta 5 version, it occasionally crashes even when running on the main thread. How can this issue be resolved?

I keep getting these CAPTCHA messages with an I IP address and a site link and there are many files on my phone which I don’t understand As I try to navigate sites, I get a CAPTCHA message of different types. With IP addresses and URLs. IP address: 2a04:4e41:62::9ce7:d3c7 Time: 2024-08-23T06:27:11Z URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=com.apple.os.update-E308CACB9FB73322E7681CC9DAFA19CF788DA2672BFBE91158D3C85061851851%40%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s1+on+%2F+(apfs%2C+sealed%2C+local%2C+nosuid%2C+read-only%2C+journaled%2C+noatime)+devfs+on+%2Fdev+(devfs%2C+local%2C+nosuid%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s6+on+%2Fprivate%2Fpreboot+(apfs%2C+local%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s3+on+%2Fprivate%2Fxarts+(apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s2+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar+(apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+protect)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s4+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar%2Fwireless%2Fbaseband_data+(apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s7+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar%2FMobileSoftwareUpdate+(apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s5+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar%2Fhardware+(apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s8+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar%2Fmobile+ (apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+protect)&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari q=com.apple.os.update-E308CACB9FB73322E7681CC9DAFA19CF788DA2672BFBE91158D3C85061851851%40%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s1+on+%2F+(apfs%2C+sealed%2C+local%2C+nosuid%2C+read-only%2C+journaled%2C+noatime)+devfs+on+%2Fdev+(devfs%2C+local%2C+nosuid%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s 6+on+%2Fprivate%2Fpreboot+ (apfs%2C+local%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s3+on+%2Fprivate%2Fxarts+ (apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s2+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar+ (apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+protect)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s4+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar%2Fwireless%2Fbaseband_data+ (apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s7+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar%2FMobileSoftwareUpdate+ (apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s5+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar%2Fhardware+ (apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s8+on+%2Fprivate%2Fvar%2Fmobile+ (apfs%2C+local%2C+nodev%2C+nosuid%2C+journaled%2C+noatime%2C+protect)&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari https://www.google.com/search?q=com.apple.os.update-E308CACB9FB73322E7681CC9DAFA19CF788DA2672BFBE91158D3C85061851851%40%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s1+on+%2F+ apfs%2C+sealed%2C+local%2C+nosuid%2C+read-only%2C+journaled%2C+noatime)+devfs+on+%2Fdev+(devfs%2C+local%2C+nosuid%2C+nobrowse)+%2Fdev%2Fdisk1s6+on+%2Fprivate%2Fpreboot

Hello everyone, on August 31st, all the apps in my personal developer account were suddenly expired and deleted, I have not received any response from Apple. My apps are in compliance with Apple's policies. I then uploaded a new version and sent it to the review team, but I received the following error "There was an error processing your request. Please try again later." I have contacted Apple via Email and Phone but no one cares about my problem. Has anyone had the same situation as me, I am really worried.

After updating my phone to iOS 18 I have a Malibu Chevrolet 2019 trying to use CarPlay but it’s not working at all in this update. It was working fine before please help.

Here's what I do: I have a folder on my Synology called "Public/Photos/JPGs" where I have folders with all of my JPGs. I use the Apple Mac "Photos" app to manage all of my photos. I store my Photos library (Photos Library.photoslibrary) on a 2TB SSD drive that's formatted as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" I then sync my photos to my iPad and iPhone using finder. So I THINK that my Synology plays no part in the sync. I think it's just pulling my photos from the SSD. This used to work fine, but I haven’t been able to sync with iOS and iPadOS 18.1 (have tried it with ALL of the Betas). Does the new iOS require a different file format or something? Any ideas?!

Made a screen time password a little while ago and recently updated to ios 18. Went to turn it off and couldn’t remember the password. There was not forgot password option and now I’m on my like millionth attempt to guess the password.

My watch screen becomes non responsive many times during the day. Some times partial area becomes non responsive. Yesterday I was trying to punch in my password, but it was not taking any input on the top row. Rest of the row was working fine. I hard reset the watch and unpaired and paired again. It worked fine for few hours then the issue returned again. When I tried to switch it off, the power off slider was not working as it is also near the top row. I kept the slider pressed for 30 seconds or so then it started working and I could switch off my watch. This seems to be a bug that has crept in where the top half of the screen becomes unresponsive after upgrading to OS11