I'm pretty desperate today and unfortunately it's making me sick, really sick. Yesterday I edited a note on a MacBook Pro, M2 processor, MacOS Sequoia 15.8.1 (-1) and today the text work I invested several days in is lost. My only option is to delete the note! So far I've had very, very good experiences with the Notes.app, robust, reliable, manageable range of functions. When integrating the math functions I became really suspicious for the first time. I had calculated series and sequences and suddenly the Note.app froze for a worryingly long time, in fact the entire operating system was blocked. Then today I got a huge shock, the note can no longer be opened, neither on the iPhone nor on the MacBook Pro. The note contained my business concept for a business partner. I had already been writing the concept for several days! I estimated the value at several thousand euros. This has torn me apart, I can feel myself getting sick. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow and it might take a week for me to get a sick note. I'm pretty shocked. Here are the technical details, in case someone at Apple Incorp. wants to look into it. The note contains links and photos and is encrypted! Which in and of itself is an impossibility. Or is it? In any case, the Notes.app has always stubbornly claimed that I cannot encrypt notes with this content. That's a paradox, isn't it? I'm schizophrenic! I'm attaching the Notes.app crash report to this post. I can't say more at the moment. Except that I'm very, very sad and very, very shocked. Notes wurde unerwartet beendet.

Everytime i open the app shortcuts and go to text to speech when i press play the outcome is an evil laugh. What‘s happening? Is it a bug or? Im on ios 18.3

I am developing a flutter app that connects the app to the boat VCU through Wi-Fi. In the iOS version of the mobile app, when the device connects to a Wi-Fi network, iOS assumes that all network traffic should route through Wi-Fi. As the connected Wi-Fi network has no internet access, iOS prompts the user with the options: "Use Mobile Data" or "Keep Trying Wi-Fi." If the user selects "Keep Trying Wi-Fi," mobile data will not be used by other apps on the phone. If the user selects "Use Mobile Data," the app switches to mobile data while remaining connected to the Wi-Fi network (VCU) without any issues. The issue is we need to find a way to prevent showing that prompt and instead handle this through code. After connecting to VCU, the mobile network is available for a few second but then it switches to wifi and no internet! I checked all the online documentation but there is not any solution for it. So, I need to stay connect to vcc and other apps use mobile data. I tried WiFiForIoTPlugin.forceWifiUsage(false); but didn't work. I tried adding delay that also didn't work. This is the function in my code that handles connecting to Wi-fI: Future connectToWifi() async { try { if (Platform.isAndroid) { isConnected = await WiFiForIoTPlugin.connect( _vesselData['ssid'], password: _vesselData['passphrase'], security: NetworkSecurity.WPA, // Enable Internet access withInternet: false, isHidden: true, timeoutInSeconds: 10, joinOnce: true, ); // Force Android to treat Wi-Fi as the primary network using await WiFiForIoTPlugin.forceWifiUsage(true); } else if (Platform.isIOS){ isConnected = await WiFiForIoTPlugin.connect( _vesselData['ssid'], password: _vesselData['passphrase'], security: NetworkSecurity.WPA, isHidden: true, timeoutInSeconds: 10, // Ensures the connection remains persistent, preventing the system from disconnecting the device. joinOnce: false, ); } if (isConnected) { log("Connected to ${_vesselData['ssid']}"); streamData(); } else { log("Failed to connect to ${_vesselData['ssid']}"); } } catch (e) { log("Error: $e"); } } I use :Device Model: iPhone 12 Pro Max iOS Version: iOS 18.3.1 Xcode Version: Xcode 16.2 Mac Version: macOS Sonoma 14.3

A question from an ordinary user for developers: The essence of the problem: I installed the To Do List by MinimaList app on both my MacBook and iPhone. After installing it, I decided not to use it and deleted the application. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minimalist-to-do-list-widget/id993066159 However, it turned out that not everything was removed. Specifically: • In the “Allow Others to Find Me” section on both my MacBook and iPhone, these apps still appear. No matter what I do—whether I delete or clear them—they continue to be displayed there. • This app continues to appear in the section located at: Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → Stored in iCloud → See All → Allow Finding Me – To Do List and one more item. • It cannot be deleted. • It won’t delete on my MacBook, and it won’t delete on my iPhone. • It also appeared in iCloud itself under the Email Search section. P.S. The official Apple support (without violating any internal regulations) advised me to post on the forum to get in touch with Apple developers. In hope, I am posting this question here.

Hi all, after installing ios 18.4 beta here in Europe (and also resetting and restoring my iphone given Apple Intelligence features were not working at all initially) my phone decided to reoptimise my whole photo library which took a while and I understand it was a battery consuming process. Nonetheless, this is all done, all Apple intelligence features supposedly work and my phone is still in ongoing device setup burning through the battery to the point I am sure this will make my battery health drop. does anyone know what is going on (indexing?), how long it will take and why is it happening? Is it because of the 18.4 beta or because of having Apple Intelligence for the first time? can someone please confirm that at the very least this will NOT have to take place again after moving to the official 18.4? thanks

Hi! can someone please help me? the chase app will not work nor can I access it in the browser. I have tried literally everything - restarting my phone, deleting the app and reinstalling, resetting network settings, resetting all settings, clearing caches on all browsers. Everything is up to date. apps and my OS. nothing. I don’t want to wipe my phone by doing a factory reset. I called chase and they said it was a known issue and they’re working on a solution and that it would be resolved that day. this was 3 days ago. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?? What caused it and what is a solution?

Hi Apple Team & Everyone, Can someone guide me why sending 'diskutil eraseDisk APFS "WIPED" GPT /dev/disk0' command via terminal to remove/wipe the main physical drive (disk0) is failed? I tried booting into recovery mode, but it still didn’t work. The command returned the following error: Started erase on disk0 Unmounting disk The volume on disk0 couldn't be unmounted because it is in use by process 0 (kernel). Error: -69877: Couldn't open device I understand that we can use Disk Utility (GUI) to unmount and erase the drive. Is it possible to perform this operation via Terminal to erase disk0? I would appreciate any guidance on this. Regards, Winson

I discovered an issue where older Intel Macs (like my 2017 MacBook) enrolled in the macOS Sequoia Public Beta do not receive Ventura security updates, even though Sequoia is not compatible with the hardware. My system said “macOS is up to date” while stuck on Ventura 13.7.1, but after switching to the Ventura Public Beta channel, it immediately showed a new update available. This seems like a serious flaw—Apple should warn users or fall back to compatible OS versions when an enrolled beta is unsupported. Has anyone else experienced this? Could be a widespread issue for Intel Mac users still relying on Ventura.

I bought a Mac mini M4 and when I used it to sign up for a developer account, I was always encountered, it needed me to take a photo, but I didn't have a camera, so I used the iriun software to connect my phone to take a photo, it works fine in FaceTime, but when I take a photo in the Apple Developer app, the round photo frame is shown black. How can I make the camera work and if I buy a third-party camera?

Hi, I'm trying the new Swift Testing instead of XCTest for my new project. I am using RxSwift+UIKit. And when I am trying to test my ViewModel that has a Driver in it, it crashes due to the driver is not being called form main thread. Thread 5: Fatal error: `drive*` family of methods can be only called from `MainThread`. Here is the test code: struct PlayerViewModelTest { @Test func testInit_shouldPopulateTable_withEmpty() async throws { // Arrange let disposeBag = DisposeBag() var expectedSongTableCellViewData: [SongTableCellViewData]? // Act let sut = PlayerViewModel(provideAllSongs: { return .just(mockSongList) }, provideSongByArtist: { _ in return .just(mockSongList) }, disposeBag: disposeBag) sut.populateTable .drive(onNext: { expectedSongTableCellViewData = $0 }) .disposed(by: disposeBag) // Assert #expect(expectedSongTableCellViewData != nil, "Should emit something so it should not be nil") #expect(expectedSongTableCellViewData!.isEmpty, "Should emit empty array") } } This never happen in XCTest. So I assume Swift Testing is not being run in the main thread? How do I fix this? Thanks

Last year's submission form says that if you select (Run on Xcode) the app will be in the simulator not on an iPad. Has that changed this year, as I don't see it in the terms? (My app has imported local package dependencies for Reality Composer Pro that I am not certain would work on playgrounds for iOS. And it needs the iPad camera for AR functionality.)

Somehow sync is not happening on my windows machine for both icloud photos and drive. I have reinstalled the app 4-5 times every time same issue.

Bluetooth is no more working with the upgrade to iOS 18.3.1 I loaded this night !!! (iPhone SE model III). Please debug it!

Now that Apple is allowing users to merge two Apple IDs, how does one remove/delete songs from the Primary Apple ID music library? Is it a no-no to merge two Apple IDs? The notes on merging suggest this is a problem but offer no workaround. The only option I can see is to hide songs. Is this sufficient to allow the merging of two Apple IDs?

Hi everyone, I'm working on my submission for the Swift Student Challenge and wanted to clarify something—does the application need to be fully functional in every aspect to be eligible for submission? Or is it acceptable if some features aren't fully implemented, as long as the overall experience showcases my coding skills and creativity? Would appreciate any insights from past participants or anyone familiar with the guidelines! Thanks!

IOS 18.3 Beta This started at BETA 18.2 Only when plugged in to an external power bank. Ideas or workaround? Or just wait till the next BETA version?

[https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1051990313) We are experiencing an issue where a user is unable to open our app on their iPhone 16 Pro Max running iOS 18.3. When the user selects the app, it begins to scale to screen size but then fades away without fully opening. It is unclear whether this is a crash or another issue. To troubleshoot, we created a simplified version of the app containing only a single screen displaying "Hello, World." The user experiences the same issue with this version, leading us to believe there may be a device-specific setting or compatibility issue at play. Steps the User Has Tried: Checked device storage – over 200GB available Offloaded and reinstalled the app Deleted and reinstalled the app Updated to iOS 18.3 Forced restart of the device Reset network settings Turned off VPN Despite these steps, the issue persists. We would appreciate any guidance on potential causes or troubleshooting steps to resolve this issue.

The following is my code, which runs successfully and is recommended to succeed, but it still does not show Siri's suggestion to users in the system sharing in Safari import AppIntents import Contacts import CoreSpotlight import Intents import UIKit class TestViewController: UIViewController { override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() self.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.white DispatchQueue.global().async { self.donateMessageInteraction(recipientName: "张三", phoneNumber: "+8613812345678") } } func donateMessageInteraction(recipientName: String, phoneNumber: String) { INPreferences.requestSiriAuthorization { status in guard status == .authorized else { return } // 1. 创建接收者 let recipientHandle = INPersonHandle(value: phoneNumber, type: .phoneNumber) let recipient = INPerson( personHandle: recipientHandle, nameComponents: nil, displayName: recipientName, image: nil, contactIdentifier: nil, customIdentifier: "com.yourapp.recipient.\(phoneNumber)" ) // 2. 创建发送者（你的应用身份） let senderHandle = INPersonHandle(value: "15210639372@163.com", type: .emailAddress) let sender = INPerson( personHandle: senderHandle, nameComponents: nil, displayName: "我的应用", image: nil, contactIdentifier: nil, customIdentifier: "com.yourapp.sender" ) // 3. 创建消息意图 let intent = INSendMessageIntent( recipients: [recipient], outgoingMessageType: .outgoingMessageText, content: "最近怎么样？", // 常用消息内容 speakableGroupName: nil, // 群组名称（一对一设为nil） conversationIdentifier: "com.yourapp.conversation.\(phoneNumber)", // 唯一会话ID serviceName: "My Chat Service", // 你的消息服务名称 sender: sender, // 发送者身份 attachments: nil ) // 4. 配置意图参数 intent.setImage(INImage(named: "user0"), forParameterNamed: \.sender) // 5. 创建并捐赠交互 let interaction = INInteraction(intent: intent, response: nil) interaction.direction = .outgoing interaction.donate { error in error.map { print("捐赠失败: \($0)") } } print("捐赠代码执行完成") } } }

I want the wkwebview to revert to its previous state when I restart it.

Hi, I did get the renew invoice in email but there was an additional charge the same day / time for $6.19 from Apple , seems like it is related but cannot find any invoice in email or anything other than a charge line on the credit card. Does anyone have any idea what this additional charge might be? Still waiting to hear back from Apple.