Hi, I’ve recently installed the iOS 26 DB, and I’m experiencing heating issues on my iPhone. Is there a fix to this? Also, is it a bug or a feature, that I can’t remove certain sections in the Photos app rather than rearranging them. Pls lemme know. Thanks.
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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):
For the swift student challenge I was hoping to use swift data, I found that since it's a playground app, in package.swift the defaults is set to iOS 16 which means you can't use swift data. I changed it to iOS 17 and everything works but I want to know if that goes against the rules in anyway, changing th bios version in package.swift? This was the code I changed in package.swift.
let package = Package(
name: "ProStepper",
platforms: [
.iOS("17.0")
],
I set iOS 26 to install overnight, put my iPhone 16 Pro on the MagSafe charger, watched it charge just fine, and went to sleep. When I woke up the iPhone showed the “plug into power” dead battery screen. I took it off MagSafe and put it back on. A half hour later the phone was warm but still wouldn’t power on, just showed the battery screen with a little red in it. I took it off MagSafe and plugged it into my iPad charging brick with USB cable to give it more power, still it did not turn on. I tried holding all the buttons to try to force a restart but didn’t work.
For anyone else encountering this, do this to enter DFU mode and restore it. I had to do it a few times before I got the timing right.
Plug into your Mac and open Finder (or apparently a PC with Apple Devices or iTunes)
Press and quickly release volume up
Press and quickly release volume down
Press and hold right side button
When the battery disappears and screen goes black, hold volume down and continue holding side button
After a couple seconds release the side button and continue holding volume down
A prompt to allow connecting to the iPhone should appear after a couple seconds, click Allow, and it’ll say the iPhone entered DFU mode - proceed to restore the firmware
I've been working on my mobile app project using Expo. Yesterday, when I tried to run the app again, the Expo Go in the iOS simulator got stuck on the screen showing "New update available, downloading..." and then crashed. I'm not sure what went wrong. It only provides a long error report. I ran an EAS build, which completed successfully, so I suspect the issue might be with the iOS simulator or Expo Go itself. Please help me out :(
My current project is similar to Facebook In size. Is there an alternative to MVVM that will produce the same outcome without so many files. Performance is very poor.
Is anyone else having trouble posting to the forums? I can't get past form validation.
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So, I'm new to Swift, but I'm trying to get my app idea off the ground and am trying to find a way to create the main module of the app -
two users see in real time, where the other one touches their screen.
So, each of them see a red dot light up on their screen wherever the other one touched it. Ideally dot should change in diameter based on the pressure of the touch.
Pretty much what the title says, I received the email from Apple today regarding the three sessions that are being conducted for participants. When I open the link, I'm shown the button to register, but when I click register, I'm asked to log in, following which I'm redirected back to the same page except the register button is now missing. I'm unsure if it has registered me, and I haven't received any email confirming the same.
we’ve identified that our PDF rendering pipeline leverages the native CGPDFDocument APIs to convert PDF pages into images. However, in the latest release of iOS 18, the provided document fails to render even at the CGPDFDocument level.
Our analysis suggests that the issue may stem from the embedded custom fonts not being correctly processed in this version of the iOS platform. This appears to be consistent with several other reports and discussions around font rendering problems introduced in iOS 18, particularly involving subset fonts.
We’ve attached a collection of relevant community threads and references, including:
Apple Developer Discussion: Subset Font Rendering Issue in iOS 18
Given that our implementation is tightly coupled with Apple’s native PDF rendering APIs, this issue presents a blocking limitation for us.
With your permission, we would like to use this document as a sample case to formally report the issue through the appropriate Apple Developer forums and feedback channels.
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Hello, I’m developing my project for the Swift Student Challenge and I have some questions about the platform it will be tested on. If I create an iOS app that uses ARKit, for example, will it be evaluated on a real iPhone or only in a simulator on a Mac? I ask this because some functionalities, such as camera-based augmented reality, don’t work properly in the simulator.
I’d like to better understand the guidelines to ensure my project functions correctly during the evaluation.
Thank you!
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.
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Steps to Reproduce
make an outbound call
cover the sensor
Actual Behavior
the screen won't go dark
device iOS Result
iphone15 17 Pass
iphone14p 18.0.1 Pass
iphoneXs_pro max 18.1.1 Pass
iphone13pro max 18.2.1 Pass
iphone16pro 18.2 Fail
iphone15pro max 18.3 Fail
iphone12 pro max 18.3 Fail
ps: Skype has the same probelm
Seems like this issue only happens on iOS18.2+ on some devices, so is there a bug for this?
For the last week or i no longer receive text verification codes from outside sources like my bank, credit card issuers etc. I’m on the iPhone beta testing OS software…
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Hello Apple Developer Community,
I'd like to propose a system-wide enhancement for future versions of iOS: the integration of native utility apps — Calculator, Compass, Voice Memos, Magnifier, Measure, Weather, and Translate — into a single unified app, tentatively called Apple Assist.
The vision is to provide:
A modular interface where users can enable/disable tools as needed.
Smarter workflows with proactive suggestions based on context (time, location, task).
AI-powered interaction through voice and Apple Intelligence (Advanced Siri).
Benefits:
Reduces icon clutter on the Home Screen.
Simplifies the user experience with a single access point.
Creates opportunities for automation and accessibility.
Imagine saying:
“Hey Siri, record a quick note and measure the table” — and the app smartly loads those modules on demand.
Would love to hear feedback from the community — and whether Apple might consider something in this direction for iOS 19 or beyond.
Best regards,
Jose Luiz Horta Barbosa Maurity Cruz
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It's Thursday, March 27th 2025 and I'm living in the UK, I have completed my project and submitted it before February 23rd and got the confirmation email and on March 27th, it says results are out but even after I wait for a long time, I still get the same message: We’ve received your submission.
We'll send you an email when results are posted. Even after I come back 16 hours into the day which is 4PM GMT, so I want to know where to see the results anywhere else or if it's just a delay.
We have observed an issue where upgrading an iPhone to iOS 18.4 causes installed apps to revert to significantly older versions. For example, if the App Store version is 1.0.284 and the user had 1.0.283 installed before the upgrade, after updating to iOS 18.4, the app version reverts to 1.0.208—which is nearly a year old.
We suspect this may be related to iCloud backup restoration. Has Apple encountered similar cases, and is there a known resolution for this issue?
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The latest Beta update 18.5.4 has caused connectivity problems with my car (Skoda Enyaq) whereby there is no connection via Bluetooth or the cars internal WiFi.
Also contacts will not download to the care which is very frustrating.
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I've started building an app that uses NFC to communicate towards a device.
The initial communication is being triggered as intended, the last step of authentication is sent the connection seems to drop with the message:
-[_NFCardSession validateReceivedAPDU:]:236 Invalid ISO7816 APDU detected, (null)
The same response has been validated on an Android device and the process works fine there, but .readerDeselected is triggered instead of .received with cardAPDU.
Any way to see which part of the validation that fails?
Best regards
Hello,
i am currently running iOS 18.4 Public Beta (22E5232a) on an iPhone 16 Pro and i have problems with getting emails in the native mail app. i cannot receive any email from some of my email addresses. there is an “account error“ message that says:
“Cannot get mail, The connection to the server failed.”
When i enter my password again in settings it works for 1-2 days then stop working. On my iPhone X running iOS 16.7.10 it works perfectly. Only bugs on my iPhone 16 Pro.
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